Gail Langstroth: How to Fill-out your Mail-in Ballot
And I Saw. The Lamb opens one of the seven seals and I hear one of the four animals with a thunderous voice cry: Come
keep musts to a low hum—padlock
the tin shed—keep
the lawnmower on off
be the first red bird to visit
the empty feeder—feel
loosened leaf mosaic drying
on dying grass blades
Draw
from dream’s last chambers/
hallways/capillaries—remember
thirst’s microscopic awareness
how tubular alveoli clear lungs
and the ocean more tangible than
what we call visible—washes
BeginDarken
each oval completely
Seal
your moon-ellipsed paper into
secret’s first envelope
To be Delivered
the fiery black horse whose rider holds
the world’s weightless sword of gold
ComeAfter the one thousand three hundred and eighty-four nights of destruction—Erasethe glass avalanche of lies—Waitfor all seals to be opened!
Note: The opening lines (And I saw . . . Come)
are from the Book of Revelation 6:1.
Gail Langstroth is an international multi-media artist
based in Pittsburgh. Her recent poetry collection is
firegarden / jardín-de-fuego (Get Fresh, 2020).Copyright 2020 Gail Langstroth
Vox Populi 
No one should vote by mail in ballots this election year. Supreme Court is ready to nullify counting of mail in ballots.
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This is stunning. Absolutely stunning. Louie Skipper
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Thanks, Louie!
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