Volume 1, Issue 3
Interregnum
Eric Burke
“The night sky is not a blanket,” he had said.
“The night sky is a hospital operating room.”
She was like a drug-infused gauze.
(Are you familiar with the smell of new carpet?)
They repainted the walls of my room
from purple to darker purple.
(I believe this was accidental.)
(I believe I registered the changes peripherally.)
Eric Burke works as a computer programmer in Columbus, Ohio. He has an M.A. in
Classics from The Ohio State University. Recent work can be found in elimae, qarrtsiluni, Pank,
and A cappella Zoo. Work is forthcoming in Weave Magazine. You can read his blog at http://anomalocrinus.blogspot.com/.