Claire Bateman is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently, Scape, with another forthcoming, Wonders of the Invisible World. She also creates visual art.
"Vigilant" is in Short Circuit #07, Short Édition's quarterly review.
A secret disclosed in art class: the face is five eyes wide.
You pencil the extras in and then erase them,
but in every crowd they're impossible to unsee—
one for the dead, one for the dream life, one for the yet-to-be—
The wind outside was a constant howl, but the sun would be up in a few hours. Days were calmer, typically. He'd have to climb out of the train tunnel and replace the antenna again if the weather got
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