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"fisherman", "iscariot online" & "indian summer" by J. R. Wilkerson



fisherman


he is only seen in flashes,

gold


thrashes on the line,

reeling


it was not he who

was found, so cold


to the touch,

that sallow

thing



iscariot online


it can deceive

the eye,

a lie


upon the lips

that betrays


it’s through a

judas hole

i spy


where no one

returns my gaze


it’s through a

judas hole

i spy


so you can’t

return the view


might it deceive

the eye,

a lie


upon my lips

that finds you



indian summer


in warm reprieves

we’d enter


soft infernos

of foliage,

leaves


so vainly

hanging on

for winter


how it froze us,

in short sleeves




J. R. Wilkerson is a resident of Northern Virginia by way of Lawrenceburg, Missouri.

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