Self-talk at the Wake

by Miguel Eichelberger

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Don't mind that odd feeling of easy breaking;
that card-house quiet of held breath.

The photo hits harder than the casket.

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Miguel Eichelberger's poetry has appeared in literary magazines around the world including the Wax Paper, Acta Victoriana, Harpur Palate, the Literary Review of Canada, Plainsongs Magazine, and Poetry Salzburg. You can also see one of his poems as part of the permanent public art installation: The Atlantic City Poetry Trail. His short story "Balance" was published in the Rappahannock Review in 2021.

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