are not related. Want to believe Christa
was reliving what she had done.
I want to believe Eva believed
she was dreaming. Was on a train—
Cary Grant reaching for her hand.
I want to believe they both saw
the same white light, felt the same
magnetic tug.
I believe in science—the brain
an electrical circuit of neurons
triggering images.
Trees lose chlorophyll. Leaves turn,
fall. Ground freezes then hardens
as earth tilts away from the sun.
Still, it’s nice to think they passed
each other—a flicker of knowing
what each of them lost.
Alex Stolis has had poems published in numerous journals. Two full length collections, Pop. 1280 and John Berryman Died Here were released by Cyberwit and available on Amazon. His work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Piker’s Press, Ekphrastic Review, Louisiana Literature Review, Burningwood Literary Journal, and Star 82 Review. His chapbook Postcards from the Knife-Thrower's Wife was released by Louisiana Literature Press, RIP Winston Smith from Alien Buddha Press, and The Hum of Geometry; The Music of Spheres in by Bottlecap Press. He lives in upstate New York with his partner, poet Catherine Arra.