in the garden of the dead, Karlo Sevilla
with invisible butterfly net
i catch a spirit lemniscate
an amperian loop
of wraith iron fillings
that keeps slipping
through the mesh
and flutters away
to pollinate a ghost
marigold
Karlo Sevilla of Quezon City, Philippines authored a full-length poetry collection, “Metro Manila Mammal” (Soma Publishing, 2018), and two chapbooks. Twice nominated for the Best of the Net, his poems appear or are forthcoming in Philippines Graphic, DIAGRAM, Small Orange, Black Bough Poetry, Imperial Death Cult, NINSHAR Arts, and elsewhere.