Sterling Warner
Spirits Uncorked
pushing rocks up hills
like Sisyphus futility
consciousness ferments
In between shots of whiskey and schnapps
Lynn cackled, "Hard liquor's a beautiful thing."
Moving from initial anticipation to full consumption
her lighthearted personae fostered a body double.
Hidden beneath long-sleeved shirts and lacy blouses
she emerged like a mosquito in a nudist colony-a cliché.
Attacking naked arms and trusting minds, Lynn
pierces them with violent outbursts and indignant fits.
Hysterics rage for hours till frenzy fueled energy fizzled
and tear drops cleansed Lynn's Jeckle/Hyde demeanor.
a morning sunrise
peeks though a frosty window
nightmares erased
Bio
An author, poet, educator, and Push Cart Nominee, Sterling Warner's works have appeared in such literary magazines, journals, and anthologies as The Fib Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Shot Glass Journal, Poetry Life & Times, and The Galway Review. Warner's volumes of poetry include Rags & Feathers, Without Wheels, Shadowcat, Edges, Memento Mori, Serpent's Tooth, Flytraps: Poems, and Cracks Of Light: Pandemic Poetry & Fiction 2019-2022, Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci, Abraxas: Poems as well as Masques: Flash Fiction & Short Stories. Currently, Warner writes, turns wood, hosts "virtual" poetry readings, and enjoys retirement in Washington state.