Ramshackle Review

Unsure

by Susan Tepper

A century from now

you will remember

this night of clouded
beginnings

such was breaking glass

though small things

and blooming shadows

colored sweetly

as if the cotton candy

vendor had slipped in

some of his wares

and you— unsure

Susan Tepper is the author of the novel What May Have Been (with Gary Percesepe) just released by Cervena Barva Press, Deer & Other Stories (Wildnerness House Press, 2009) and the poetry chapbook Blue Edge.  She has received 6 nominations for the Pushcart Prize. Tepper writes MONDAY CHAT on the Fictionaut blog, and "Madame Tishka Advises on Love and Furniture" on Used Furniture Review.  She also hosts FIZZ, a reading series at KGB Bar in NYC.  Visit her website: www.susantepper.com.