Obituary-
I am the dread of the black sun
An obituary of tears
Ice-
Superfluous the sun grieves for
No thing
Perhaps ice has better
Understanding
Of
Spent
cries
Attributes
The wind plays soft accordion
Razors
Lungs upon a butcher’s
Board
Obliteration’s kiss
The sky has no final attributes
Play-
Day by day
Graves vibrate a little less
The children play upon fresh grass
Bio: Michael Mc Aloran was Belfast born, (1976). His work has appeared/ is forthcoming in various print and online zines, including Carcinogenic Poetry, Sex & Murder Magazine, Horror, Sleaze & Trash, In Between Altered States, Graffiti Kolkata, Pratishedhak, Negative Suck, Danse Macabre, The Stray Branch, Counterexample Poetics, Heavy Bear, etc. In the past year he has authored seven chapbooks, including 'The Gathered Bones', (Calliope Nerve Media), 'The Black Vault', (Calliope Nerve Media), 'Debris', (Erbacce-Press), 'Final Fragments', (Calliope Nerve Media), & 'The Death-Streaked Air' (Virgogray Press-forthcoming).