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The lithe fingers of a young man wrap around the alabaster body of a quill pen Delicately brushing black locks from big beautiful eyes long of lash he stares longingly into the gaze of a dark young woman imagining she and he strolling the length of a black sand beach Xavier pens a poem 4 beats in length per line stating "this beauty yours interrupts me to pause and love" Ink smears on parchment and blood from Xavier's cheek where the woman's husband stabbed him after crumpling the poem and calling him a faggot |
| Christian Avery Bryant is a member of the British Fantasy Society and the Horror Writers Association. His short fiction and poetry has appeared in many magazines including The Horror Express, Horror Carousel, Peep Show and Poet Express. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter. Website: cavery.bryant |
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