O:JA&L Poetry: All forms & styles
Andrew Furst
bullet
a bullet can take you and leave you.
it has a sharp
and simple end.
it holds its breath,
to tell the future
in a coarse and feathery voice.
a future, echoing
out of long past mornings,
under the spongy sound of rain underfoot.
counting,
to name each beat of the heart,
to watch the night fill up the day.
a future,
ruptured and stunned,
intersected, redirected, and unexpected.
About the writer:
Andrew Furst is a poet, artist, author, photographer, musician, and a technologist. His poetry has appeared in Sandy River Review, Backchannels Journal, Moria, and Superpresent Magazine, amongst others. His art has been featured in the Emerson Review and Mud Season Review.
Image: Overwatch (AI-assisted digital image) by O:JA&L staff creative. 2025. Public domain via MidJourney AI.
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