All-consuming black abyss
galactic hunger
comes to eat our heads off
Virgo will bring
the death of my
satisfaction
A true phoenix is never satiated
with just a single transformation
Mars
triggers
conflict
like a cancer
metastasizing
licking the kettle
kissing the pot
dehydrated agenda
of
scorched extinction
only the beastly
can weather
such storms
A diplomatic
lamb of libra
in a den of wolves
or lions
or vultures
or crass concerns
colliding with the spin
brings a swift kick
of scales
off the table
and out of eyes
Reflect the best
or worst
of ourselves
unto and through
each other
with primal
outbursts
coughing up
expansion
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Mars in Libra
by Scott Thomas Outlar
Bio: Scott Thomas Outlar is originally from Atlanta, Georgia. He now lives and writes in Frederick, Maryland. His work has been nominated multiple times for both the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. He guest-edited the Hope Anthology of Poetry from CultureCult Press as well as the 2019-2023 Western Voices editions of Setu Mag. He is the author of seven books, including Songs of a Dissident (2015), Abstract Visions of Light (2018), Of Sand and Sugar (2019), and Evermore (2021 - written with co-author Mihaela Melnic). Selections of his poetry have been translated and published in 14 languages. He has been a weekly contributor at Dissident Voice for the past eight and a half years.
More about Outlar's work can be found at 17Numa.com
