Mountains of the Living Dead

Poetry with Audio by Josh Datko

Visual by Sandolore Sykes

The stories—and poems—in this volume compose FAB = -FBA, SUM FLUX V.2.2. See more stories, and check out the authors featured in this edition here.

MOUNTAINS OF THE LIVING DEAD

Wandering among proud 
     Ponderosa Pines,
dry alpine air lifts sound upslope.

Entering the burn scar, 
     shade fades
     revealing blackened bark and
     toppled trunks.

Memories of howling needles,
     crying conifers,
     standing frozen —
awaiting their fiery fate
from frenzied winds.

Forget-me-nots blow and 
     kiss the healing soil.

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