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Friday, October 30, 2015

Three Memory Poems


by the Editorial Staff of Uncanny Valley Magazine

Memory Tantrum and I'm Not Lost
by Alexis Faulkner

All of the facts
The equation, it adds up
When the sultan is discovered deep in the mind’s storage facility
Entertain the oldest thoughts about the ghost
That’s right, I found the ghost and it told me
A story in the East Village
Or perhaps it was Washington Square Park
These translucent spirits are always thugs
Watch your wallet

BLESS
by Chris Alarie

GOD BLESS FALSE MEMORIES
REVEAL UNTO US THE FALLACIES
AT THE SWEETENED, BEATING HEART OF

   PERCEPTION
   TIME
   EXPERIENCE
   EXISTENCE

ALL THE TIME
THAT WE ARE WRONG
WE ARE THANKFUL


open windows
by Douglas Slayton

i carried it around
for most of a year

i still think sometimes
of the nights i walked
through crowded streets
thinking of what might be

no ride was alone
there were no cold nights

when everything crashed
i sat on that street for hours
messing up traffic

Alexis Faulkner is Executive Editor-in-Chief of Uncanny Valley Magazine. 
Chris Alarie is Senior Editor-in-Chief of Uncanny Valley Magazine.
Doug Slayton is Professor Editor-in-Chief of Uncanny Valley Magazine.

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