Brett Harrington
Et in Arcadia ego
Once threshed into being,
we’re always becoming who
we won’t become…
See the days, years go on
whirling down, winged seeds
to no ground…
See the grave waits
like an empty eye-socket
in the shuddering ash grove.
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Brett Harrington’s previous or forthcoming publications include Psaltery & Lyre, Burningword, Ligeia, Two Hawks Quarterly, The Shore, Third Coast, and elsewhere. He was a finalist for the 2012 Best of the Net award and lives in the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon.