by Kip Knott

Not even the wind gives up
the sound of death’s wings,

the way a shadow never
reveals the name of its owner.

Kip Knott is the author of two full-length collections of poetry–Tragedy, Ecstasy, Doom, and so on and Clean Coal Burn–both available from Kelsay Books. His first collection of short stories, Some Birds Nest in Broken Branches, is forthcoming in 2022 from Alien Buddha Press. You can follow him on Twitter at @kip_knott and read more of his writing at kipknott.com. Currently, he lives in Delaware, Ohio, with his wife and son.