Photography © Edward S. Gault

 

Bela Lugosi in Purgatory

I am lowered into the grave
Wrapped in slick black silk,
And fermented grain
Is poured over the dirt
Festering, making foul mud.
Clotting,
Like blood.

And from this place I rise;
Stumbling onto the silver screen.
Spotlights!
And stage fog,
Lurking and looming,
Wrapped in slick black silk

 

Amalia Castillo-Morrison is a chicana writer from Fairfax, Virginia. In her free time, she enjoys wrangling her dog and watching bad movies.

Edward S. Gault is a poet and fine arts photographer living in Brighton, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in Oddball Magazine, Spectrum, Wilderness House Literary Review, Interlude, Currents, and Encore. His poetry collection, Airhead and Other Poems was published this year by Read and Green Books.