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issue 1: CARNIVAL

county fair past 10 pm

ALEAH DYE
The light stays
on
                           and do the keepers
                           know
every wiry
midnight soul
needs to see
                           that all things
                           around
                           are just
                           as unpaused
as they are
                           are just
                           as alive
as they are
searching for
in the
large and small
shadows
                           the souls
                           drink light
hands lined
weathered
                           minds tethered
                           to somewhere outside
the present
                           the souls
                           bring light
to the one left
on
                           the souls
                           the souls
do they know
they are home?

Aleah Dye (she/her) primarily writes poetry, tending towards topics of morbidity, love, social justice, and philosophy. She is dreadfully afraid of imperfection and spiders, in no particular order. Aleah hopes to make hearts grow three sizes with her words. Read her latest work via publications like Ang(st) Zine, Mineral Lit Mag, and giallo lit. Follow her @bearsbeetspoet on Twitter.
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