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Ascension


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Tumult
Outlanders are the salvation of shapes 
the tailored jut of shoulders 
the square thighs 
face-handlebars 
centaur-pilots half a century ago. 
In that turbine of silences 
beneath the threshold of eternity 
they fought winds, pitched lances amid the clouds. 
That is why the city endures. 
Those yawed warriors of the far country 
with their rotors and uniforms 
they were the last servants 
of our lady of swords.

--Gabriel Olearnik

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Gabriel Olearnik studied medieval history at University College, London. He is currently an attorney and practices corporate law. His first book of poetry, Amor de Lohn, is forthcoming.