By: Yash Seyedbagheri
Fireworks
fireworks fizzle
red and blue
booming in midnight skies
arcs of light spilling over
ice-filled spaces
cheers rising over rooftops
but clouds begin to form
colors dulling
booms dying
it’s really icy now
Writer In The Sky
from sky’s soft sheets
you can look down on cathedrals and cobblestones, skyscrapers,
and laugh at the specks among them
characters in a story
they look familiar, rushing so fast,
no horns up here, no invectives, and phones pinging with ex-wives
calling you puerile
just the whirl of soothing voices and starched smiles
asking if you want another twelve-dollar drink
might as well drink now
at least in the sky, you’re the writer
not the protagonist
Bio: Yash Seyedbagheri
Yash Seyedbagheri is a graduate of Colorado State University’s MFA program in fiction.
His stories, “Soon,” “How To Be A Good Episcopalian,” and “Tales From A Communion Line,” were nominated for Pushcarts.
Yash’s work is widely published. Some sites include:
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