Hope and Despair in Beauty of Understanding

vine
Photo Unsplash/Rodion Kustsaev

by James D. Casey IV

there is yours
there is mine

fear
in the eyes of
seven turns

how can something
revolving
six-shooter dreams
be so
fucking cruel

an answer
a question

hope and despair
in beauty of
understanding

plans
promises
come
undone

whiskey in the water
dancing on the vine

slit throat
black sun
black sheep

end the song
with a broken
hand


James D. Casey IV is the author of seven full-length collections of poetry, founder and editor-in-chief of Cajun Mutt Press, and extensively published online and in print by small press venues and literary magazines internationally. He is a southern poet with roots in Louisiana & Mississippi, currently residing in Illinois with his Beautiful Muse, their goofy dog, and two black cats. @CajunPoetJDCIV on facebook, @LouisianaJames on twitter, @Cajun.Poet.James on instagram, or CajunPoetJames.Wordpress.com.

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