epilogue

by Liz Pino Sparks

The silence 

you can hear, 

the kind that 

rings, the kind 

that buzzes, the 

kind that presses 

in from the outside, 

into the spaces where 

the noise hasn't died down, 

where all the things already 

said are said again and again, 

pressing out, against the silence 

you can hear, where, together they hum 

against one another, like a microphone left 

plugged in.

Liz Pino Sparks is a parent of five, a teacher, a legal scholar, a singer-songwriter under the name Liz Capra, and multi-genre writer. They hold a law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and an MFA in Fiction from San Diego State University. Their poems have been featured in Hayden's Ferry Review and Boats Against the Current Magazine. Their recent chapbook, Generic American Household, is now available as part of the boats against the current inaugural chapbook series.