Danse Macabre

Wes Viola

There are ghosts of us dancing:

under a railway arch,

in a graveyard in France,

in a vineyard in Nebraska,

in the kitchen in our new place,

in the kitchen in our old place,

in fields near Glastonbury,

on each other's screens,

in each other's dreams,

there are ghosts of us dancing.

Wes Viola is a pen name of Wes White. Wes is an Elder Bard of his hometown of Glastonbury, England; and now lives in London where he works in public libraries. His latest project is 'Thirteen Names for the West', a poem cycle inspired by representations of the Wicked Witch of the West in adaptations of L Frank Baum's Oz story over the last century and more. You can buy physical copies or digital downloads on a pay-what-you-want basis, and explore more of his work, at http://linktr.ee/wesviola

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