mike templeton
Where/Here
They will make a solarized blank against a black background
Stack up absences against the absence as if...
As if there could be something like a form of an absence, of emptiness
And fill in the space with still more absence
The absence that grows in a deliberate void
They will form an absence around your absence
After time and indifference have worn your presence down to blood and bone
They will turn away
This is all wrong
Everything is all wrong
Michael Templeton is an independent scholar and writer. He is the author of The Chief of Birds: A Memoir published with Erratum Press, Impossible to Believe from Iff Books, and The Ohiomachine forthcoming with Dead Letter Office/Punctum Books. He has published articles and essays on contemporary culture and numerous works of creative non-fiction as well as experimental works and poetry. He lives in the middle of nowhere in Ohio with his wife who is an artist.
Website:
https://templetondidelphis.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/69/