new from above/ground press: Circling the Black Sun, by Lance La Rocque

Circling the Black Sun
Lance La Rocque
$6

Charlatan

Howl without
The as if
They exist

Scrolling timeless light

Influencers louder
Than the antique moon
Hanging
Agape

LOL

I sense the earth move
I think—
Crumbling
As if 
Crushed

A hard species
These giddy rich
Get off
Will last a little longer

The starstruck mobs
Eyes following
Their as if
Dangling over the void

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2025
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Lance La Rocque lives in Wolfville, NS, with Lisa—and sometimes Emily and Max. He teaches “The Writer and Nature” and “Experimental Poetry” at Acadia University. His work has appeared in Hava Lehaba, The Northern Testicle Review, and Industrial Sabotage. He was included in the anthology Surreal Estate: 13 Poets Under the Influence, and has published a chapbook, Glitch (above/ground press), and a poetry collection, Vermin (BookHug).

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