Emily Dickinson’s iPhone

by David Allen Sullivan

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Unlimited plan – is Heaven –
but comes at a hefty price –
steals away those we love
prisons them – in Paradise.

I make my way – among the Living –
tender electric currencies –
value what can be stolen
& horde the Gift – of Fees.

So keep your paltry coffers –
I’ll dwell in this limited plan –
what rakes the heart’s hearth –
pressure of a Parting Hand.

David Allen Sullivan

David Allen Sullivan is the former poet laureate of Santa Cruz county. His books include: Strong-Armed Angels, Every Seed of the Pomegranate, a book of co-translation with Abbas Kadhim from the Arabic of Iraqi Adnan Al-Sayegh, Bombs Have Not Breakfasted Yet, and Black Ice. He won the Mary Ballard Chapbook poetry prize for Take Wing, and Tim Seibles selected Black Butterflies Over Baghdad for the Hilary Tham capital collection. He teaches at Cabrillo College, where he edits the Porter Gulch Review with his students, lives in Santa Cruz with his family, and his website is: https://dasulliv1.wixsite.com/website-1.

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