A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published four collections of poetry: The Difference Between Shadows and Stars, Carrying Yesterday, Cognitive Distortion, and . . . And Other Such Nonsense. She has also published her work in national and international literary journals such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Writer's Gazette, and The Penwood Review. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including additional information and links to her work at http://www.facebook.com/
Sun = Sense = Less
My thought is ÷ by the waves’ echoes
+ing to the background noise inside
my head. The miniscule % chance
of [b]rain is unlikely
love to dance b/w its
drops
anyway.
B-4
suffocating in the smoking area, her sister refusing
her the glass divide of pro-offered isolated reprieve,
she tentatively listens for the initiating
echoes of the omniscient
voice: a nameless mouth . . .
B-15
Seconds later her hand responds. An automatic hammer
motion translating this gaming code into gobs
of day-glo goo marring dingy numbered papers strangely
referred to as cards . . .
B-8
The search begins for a straight-line
single, a crazy kite, the elusive
large picture frame . . .
B-2
A titter of excitement rustles through this crowd of broke
n dreamers. She feels the stolen
glances from across this stain-tortured table.
“You are jealous of my B-filled card,” she says not needing
to reciprocate the autonomous ogling to know her sister
‘s cards are sparsely beyond hope.
B-11
Another match, another stamp, another dirty
look. Impervious
as another ball is pulled. She breathes
[only] for the caller . . .
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