Heir Apparent

Issue #48 October 2019

Book of Black Cigars | Robert Fernandez




















waves

with

tar bars

gar hearts




















the tint

is red

and

drains

to

black

black

moats

Nantucket–

red

collars

Dobe–

rman’

s mouth

leaki–

ng glue

rows

of

black

aspar–

agus

velella

velella

drif–

ting

in

outer

space

baby

scans

the

dark

drifts

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RINDS

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jet ski–

sized

moth

bobbing

near

shore

red

gilt

down

the

chan–

nels

samurai

sword

lacquer

spla–

tter

washing

red

hair

in the

dung–

eon

black

marrow

pure

sun

Sheri–

dan

St.

red

meat

candy

flecks

in

the

dis–

tance

cruise

ship

burnt

to

crisp

cobras

swimming

up to

shore

she’s

gonna

die

my

pure

openness

vomits

us

Evian

naked

legs

in the

air

laughter

and

nosebleeds

red

snow cones

E

E

E

L

S

noseblee

              ds

Doberma

            ns

sunshi

         ne

sweaty

black

gardenia

sea

spray

dia–

monds

lion

fish

light

mist

wet

zirconia

Tuileries

gasp