I belong, as a contributing member, to a talented group of writers who are responsible for A Muse Bouche Review, a literary newsletter. It gives me a chance to write something new each month around a given theme, which I’m enjoying. The theme for December, 2024 is The Stars and my contribution this month is a poem titled Man Bows Out (But Slowly, Slowly). Here’s how it starts:

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The closing jaws of entropy
that snap, and foam, and say to me,
you are the stumbling primate, tamed.
Kindling for the star-fed flame.
The slow and terrible unwinding,
the fabric of the void untwining.

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To read the entire poem, and all the other pieces from this talented crew, check out the December A Muse Bouche Review, available here:

https://mailchi.mp/4699d7596b4e/a-muse-bouche-review-plots-parties-18089947?e=4827792cb0