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Matthew Gustafson
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Wannabe poet/novelist. Poetry Editor at Folklore Review. I try to write things sometimes!
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BEYOND thrilled to have my very wintery poem appear in the most recent issue of the wonderful @beavermag.bsky.social!! Go check out everyone’s wonderful work!
Before the Funeral, After the Wake The parade of cars departs from the church lot heavy with permanence. I follow, our hazards a beg for remembrance, a morse for salvation, the hearse leaves the station and makes for what’s after but even death need merge onto highway to get there. All my life the fragile corpse of my faith buried and exhumed like boots in the winter. January hovers like a cold wet bird.
September 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM