lalindaloca

Oh, quickly, exciting news. I have a publisher, Black Cat Press, who will be putting out a limited edition of my short stories.

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Thought I'd share a coupla of mah poems with chyoo-all. Both of the pix are by moi, from the night of the temple burn.



ADRIFT
2005 by Linda Lofstrom, aka La Linda Loca

Faith in the future
When all is so bleak
Predictable cycles
I chose to be weak
I chose to let through
What was spoonfed through fairy tales
Seep under my skin
Slight of hand hid your bed of nails
Rest assured, so unlikely
People don't change
Rest your head so politely
Change of hand, it's deranged
Second best, never good enough
Fly into the fire
Either bask or you burn
Each consequence dire
Consider my world now
Shuttered, bolted and portal-locked
Slathered in dreaminess
Shell-shocked and cold-cocked
I will fall back to earth with a soft solid landing
Rising on my two feet, always forevermore standing




TORCH
February 2005 by Linda Lofstrom, aka La Linda Loca

Lush green sprawl
Never ending
Scorched black earth
Everlasting
Once was a feast
Now will be famine
Abundant bounty
While one is fasting
Delusions of heaven
Intrinsically stolid
Myopic martyr
Thick muted screaming
A wealth of knowledge
Held forever solid
Blind callow fool
Continue dreaming