Consequences
The dung beetle pushes its own
brown sun up the hill –
tiny Sisyphus.
He wants to bring this gift of love
to his beloved.
He is the only insect known to navigate
and orient using the Milky Way.
This small stargazer continues to push
his treasure through the passage of time.
He passes now through the square where
thousands of ancient Egyptians are standing
with their heads bowed, waiting for
the sunrise.
Afterlife
Time passes, time stops.
Spring in between.
The icicle melts in my open mouth
and I’m counting one drop per second.
And my container fills up slowly to the red line.
The body lies by the frozen lake,
where I drink with endless thirst from
its death.
— Peycho Kanev is the author of 12 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others. His latest book of poetry titled A Fake Memoir was published in 2022 by Cyberwit Press.