Forthcoming in Vestiges_05: Lacunae
I detected a flickering light
and turned it into a sound wave
An echo of a cosmic cataclysm
happening a billion years ago
I used an obsidian crystal
to calibrate the atomic clock
Waves blasting from the cores of galaxies
Space-time distortions
Rippling across the universe
At the speed of light
That milky superstar
Thundering and hot
The world was right where I wanted
But I chose not to live there
I am going beyond beauty
Here’s the address:
The sun is setting
It’s seven o’clock
and summer is coming soon
—
Gaby Williams is a writer living in Las Vegas by way of Chicago. Her work has appeared in Day One, Fairy Tale Review, Dream Pop Press, Whiskey Island, LEVELER, and others. She has been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and the Best of the Net Anthology. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago.