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Oct/Nov 2014 Poetry Special Feature

Ragnarok

by David Mathews

Tapestry artwork by Susan Klebanoff

Tapestry artwork by Susan Klebanoff


Ragnarok

This impartial
modern realm
does not exist.
It is a fable
we tell ourselves.

Our bloodlines,
filled with legendary
pagan reputations,
are lingering spirits
whose footsteps
we hear everyday,

ancient embers
of funeral pyres
faintly
burning
still.

 

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