Trading Post at the Edge of Known

 Joe Albanese


Empty more mistaken pearl

to curl fate

and find oneself

somewhere with

no stars 

and no fear,

no knots and

no ends

The varied cost not haggled,

just peaked and tipped

Traverse naught and koan, and

trust the seed into the flame

leaving only an epitaph of sand

Go without stars

Go without fear


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Joe Albanese is a writer from South Jersey. His fiction, nonfiction, and poety has been published in 11 countries. Joe is the author of Benevolent King, Caina, Candy Apple Red, For the Blood is the Life, Smash and Grab, and a poety collection, Cocktails with a Dead Man.

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