Trace

hollow laughter

infinity of black

silence

an opiated kiss

inverted sky

scarlet sands

nothingness

the finite light adrift

trace of an absence unknowable

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“Trace” is written by Michael McAloran and appeared originally in Carcinogenic Poetry on December 8, 2009.

“Run, Don’t Walk” is generative artwork by MACXAI. Generative artwork in oil painting style, an ekphrastic work generated with the text of “Trace,” a poem by Michael McAloran.