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Syntax Issue 10
Denver Syntax
{jesus crucified}
  kristen vinci



rests upon his cross at the zenith,
casting his shadow over walls
the color of Scolecite needles, of ivory, of

whitewash. The sea carrying breeze cannot
mask the scent-marked, faded, blue checked sheets.
White Coat prognoses do not bend like scoliosis

backbones; there will be no daybreak, no
sun against her cheek, no warmth to wake the flowers
drowning in their vessels.