Prime

Prime

By Kevin Adam Flores

Symmetrical duplication,
Sphere stained with plasma,
Planet stitched by scars.
 
Typical introduction,
Sport tossed down for clone,
World thrown curved to teach.
 
Negligent abandonment,
Phase grown out of claim,
Life passed short in bloom.
 
I miss the inventive, lost boy who used to live with all of his innocent, free friends
Playing on the baseball field.

Kevin Adam Flores is a Hispanic American poet and short-story writer. He has been published in The Hole in the Head Review, Too Well Away and Superpresent. His work is also included in Fleas on the Dog, Blink-Ink’s Kitty Wang press, The Chachalaca Review, and UTRGV’s Gallery. He recently released his first book titled Bittersweet and Blue. The author resides in South Texas. He’s on Instagram @kevinadamflores www.kevinadamflores.com

Justine Backlund is an illustrator and writer. She lives in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, where she teaches English and Media Arts at Brentwood College School. Justine is currently working on a YA novel called Jolandi and J.  

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