by Victoria Twomey

in the drawer
so many pictures of ghosts
their heads and bodies
crowding together
to fit into the frame
I can hear their voices
painting the room with life
hear the camera click
see the all too brief
white flash of light
illuminating their skin
every one of them
now gone to the angels
striking a pose elsewhere
stars lighting up their eyes

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Victoria Twomey is a poet and an artist in equal measure. She has appeared as a featured poet at venues around NY, including the Hecksher Museum of Art, The Poetry Barn, Barnes & Noble, and Borders Books. Her poems have been published in several anthologies, in newspapers and on the web, including Sanctuary Magazine, BigCityLit, PoetryBay, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, the Tipton Poetry Journal and Verse-Virtual. Her poem “Pieta” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.