Gravitational brainwaves ripple
& supernova ideas jolt me awake—
my thoughts travel lightyears
through the dusty nebulae of exhaustion
as I lie in the universe of my darkened bedroom
and listen through the white noise of my fan
for dream signals to break through,
seeking the event horizon of sleep.
Emily Jo Scalzo holds an MFA in fiction from California State University-Fresno. Their work has appeared in various magazines including Midwestern Gothic, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, Blue Collar Review, New Verse News, and others. Their first chapbook, The Politics of Division, was published in 2017 and awarded honorable mention in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards in 2018.
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