Likeness Test

By Eva Alter

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War    breath—     atomic shell

communing       rooftop—    sun-glare—

out of cards—         my last Ace

 

sketched in      shockjaw palate—

Lured    ahead     double door      drive

down         algorithm air

 

Blueprint brain— folded file

found   obstructed   space beyond

the elevator shaft

 

Ciphered strike—        occult      pulse

Halfway down        hell    terminus

Styx   visioning—    at night

 

God slips into      view    cornered

perspective    No pilot to jump—

I watch      phantom frame lung