the coming fire
each night we see
a shifting flicker
in a house
down the street
the owner traverses
his rooms
lugging butane
and cleaning bleach
in a biohazard waste bin
the blinds are down
but
Tamer Mostafa
Tamer Mostafa is a Stockton, California native whose work has appeared in various literary journals and magazines such as <i>Confrontation</i>, <i>Triggerfish Critical Review</i>, <i>Mobius: The Journ