Louis Faber is a poet and short story writer living in Port St. Lucie, Florida. His work has previously appeared in The Poet, Dreich (Scotland), The Alchemy Spoon (UK), Atlanta Review, Arena Magazine (Ausralia), Exquisite Corpse, Rattle, Eureka Literary Magazine, Borderlands: the Texas Poetry Review, Midnight Mind, Pearl, Midstream, European Judaism, Greens Magazine, The Amethyst Review, Afterthoughts, The South Carolina Review and Worcester Review, and in small journals in India, Pakistan, China and Japan, among many others, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
LOUIS FABER
PREDICTIONS
alectryomancy pluck the corn from the circle, we know little
aleuromancy crack the cookie, seal your fate
alomancy Sodomites consumed in flame the next day
axiomancy dance stone, lest the blade melt
belomancy the shaft pierces my chest, succor fades
bibliomancy the words sleep on the crumbling page
empyromancy the million consumed by the flames of the ovens
geomancy turn me slowly until I can see the just set sun
gyromancy ever so slowly begins the death spiral
hepatoscopy eat your liver, mom always said, it’s good for you
numerology no matter how you look at it, it just doesn’t add up
oneiromancy Orion stares down trying to recall what dreams are