they pick themselves out
of our mouths and into our pasts —
tapestries unstitched
galleries smeared whole
tomes burnt letters unpapered
shuffling in dim sky
Tokyo
2016
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David Eves is a Scottish ALT currently working in Tokyo, Japan. To date, his work has been received by over half a dozen publications and is upcoming in the October Issues of Ink In Thirds and Front Porch Review.
Photo credit: Terri Malone
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