he died of cancer
by Wayne F. Burke
he died of cancer
yesterday, and
cancer is in the gray sky today
growing darker, becoming
charcoal, soot, ashes. . . .
Wayne F.
Burke's poetry, prose, and visual art have been widely published in print and
online (including in YELLOW MAMA). He is the author of eight published
full-length poetry collections, one short story collection, and two nonfiction
works (most recently BUKOWSKI the Ubermensch, Cyberwit.net., 2023). He lives in
Vermont (USA).
Cindy Rosmus originally hails
from the Ironbound section of
Newark, NJ, once voted the “unfriendliest city on the planet.” She talks like Anybodys
from West Side Story and everybody from Saturday Night Fever.
Her noir/horror/bizarro
stories have been published in the coolest places, such as Shotgun
Honey; Megazine; Dark Dossier; The Rye
Whiskey Review, Under the Bleachers, and Rock and a Hard
Place. She is the editor/art director of Yellow Mama. She’s published seven collections
of short stories. Cindy is a Gemini, a Christian, and an animal
rights advocate. She has recently branched out into photo illustration.
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