The sacrifice__for Neeli Cherkovski By Merritt Waldon

Crashing mind 

Descends from lofty

Climb

Wildly landing against loam

The crackling bone 

Dreaming wanderers 

The howling blue dog star

Of yore

As we begin the adventure

Of lore

See the dancers 

Mute sirens hypnotizing

These eyes with careless

Passionate gyrations 

Pirouettes 

Leaps spins 

bows

Offering the joyful 

Sacrifice of bodies 

To an eternal

Idea

Merritt Waldon is Southern Indiana poet who has been published in Road Dawgz, Sun Poetic Times,

The Brooklyn Rail, Be About It Zine, River Dog #1, Sparring with Beatnik Ghosts, Americans & others anthology fourth edition, Crisis Chronicles, Cajun Mutt Press, Thye Rye Whiskey Review, and Fearless!.

At midnight Christmas night 2020, cajun mutt press released Oracles from a Strange Fire by Ron Whitehead & Merritt. He lives in Austin, Indiana.