Aftershock by Joni Caggiano

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her face resembles the

pathways of a troubled life

hair so white it was spun

by the moon’s shadow

sitting at a table molded

from an ancient cypress

tears float from olive eyes

opening her fissuring lips

black roses and screams of old

fuse with smells splitting wind

gray sky seeps into falling ash

a blanket of death mask kinfolk

eyes like a falcon staring at

mountains of rubble where

hatred fell from cloudless skies

God is watching, His angel flies

-JONI CAGGIANO

Joni’s blog is Rum and Robots, where she has published poetry, photography, and short stories. Take a look at Joni’s work in Spillwords Press NYC, Vita Brevis Press, The Finest Example, The Tiny Seed Literary Journal, I Write Her – The Short of it, and MasticadoresUSA. Joni’s work was included in the following anthologies: The Sound of Brilliance (The Short of It Publishing, Volume 1 2020), Inner Eye (Poets Choice, 2021), and It’s Not Easy (Poets Choice 2021). Her blog is an effort to give back – she is a surviving Adult Child of Alcoholics. Joni is a retired nurse and paralegal.

You can also read her writing on Instagram @jonicaggiano and Twitter @theinnerchild1.

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