Submission

So, submission, submittal - I have finally submitted (at least I'm sure of the verb form) poetry to a journal - last minute, of course, having given myself an entirely arbitrary deadline.  The journal is "Aberrant Labyrinth," and I offered for consideration "Memento Mori" and a rewrite of "November's" ghost-eyed dog, an image I particularly like.  The journal is an eclectic, irreverent and dark publication...you may read it online, of course.

Following is the rewrite of "November:"

             a ghost-eyed dog
             trots across a field
             lately crew-cut of its corn
             brown stubble
             and rich clay
             expose the bones
             of the earth

             bones of the earth
             waiting in silence
             for another harvest