Woundless Erosion
By Michael Bagwell


Woundless erosion, an acrid aftertaste
percolates the tongue.
A makerless watch, transient wingspan
digested by the undulating sea.
Snaggletooth, skylight knotting,
we have devoured the dog star.

Economic birthmarks step past
the raven. Unseen, they are headed
to the roadhouse. Caution.
their feet slip along the asphalt,
bare and bloodied.
Is it safe to wander so far from
their pigment? Unstep?
Their grandiose plans array in murkiness.


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Michael Bagwell is a student at West Chester University where he is studying English and Philosophy. He has been previously published in Dark Sky Magazine, Short, Fast and Deadly, and Collective Fallout, among others.