Fiction

The Sun Vanished

A short poem.

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massJun 20, 2025

The Sun Vanished


I look to the sky,


the sun vanished.


I finger in the darkness for


discernible meaning or patterns,


my hands have grown numb


from sifting through tatters


of brighter days.


I squint my eyes


to let the rays in,


but they've grown strained from searching,


and I'm tired of looking.


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alvinsergent7 months ago

You should read "Actual Air" by David Berman. It might help you develop the sparse prose you are using here. Lots of oblique natural imagery like the kind you start out these piece with.