The digital
clock
reads
11:11
purely
coincidence or
tricks
played
by the
wind, the
same
on days
that
are the
same
for
a baby’s
birth
a
cousin’s
burial.
The
numbers
keep on
adding
up, the
brain
furtively
seeking the
connection
however
slight.
L. B. Sedlacek has had poetry and fiction appear in different journals and zines. Her first short story collection came out on Leap Day 2020 entitled Four Thieves of Vinegar published by Alien Buddha Press. Her latest poetry books are The Poet Next Door (Cyberwit), The Adventures of Stick People on Cars (Alien Buddha Press), The Architect of French Fries (Presa Press), and Words and Bones (Finishing Line Press). She is a former Poetry Editor for ESC! Magazine and co-hosted the podcast Coffee House to Go. L. B. also enjoys swimming, reading, and playing ukulele.
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