Aaron Bauer
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A Guide to Losing Faith
Do not fade
into the slough of glacial slit
turning blood and quicksand.
I know pillow basalt.
I know a fist
wrapped in feathers.
Learning can act as a tool for forgetting—
wiping a stone tablet in water
and expect for names to wash
off and new ones appear.
Folding squares into vibrant polyhedrons. Consider
this destruction as an invocation of a new order
asking onlooking generations
to be comforted by
the face of a void—refraction of light bent to perfection
as fast as turning a phrase. Undue
attention to facts is not a catalyst
to questioning faith. Wisdom
teeth aching to be removed
as crowded gums fold
into an accordion smile.
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Aaron Bauer is a Pushcart nominated poet living in Colorado. He received his MFA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His work has appeared in various journals—Prism Review, Blue Lyra Review, Spillway and others. He is a Contributing-Editor for PoemoftheWeek.org.