corey mesler corey mesler is a widely published author whose prose and/or poetry has appeared in turnrow, yellow silk, pindeldyboz, mars hill review, pikeville review, center, small press review, jabberwock review, rattle, orchid, quick fiction, timber creek review, green egg, poetry motel, raintown review, potomac review, poetry super highway, big muddy, slant, wilmington blues, drought, parnassus literary review, wavelength, lilliput review, pearl, aurorean, lucid moon, mid-american poetry review, the pegasus review, and many others. a chapbook of poems, piecework, was published by wing and a wheel press. with his wife he owns burke's book store, one of the country's oldest (127 years) and best independent bookstores. resolemcrey@yahoo.com   Execution I hear your name in the cock's crow. I pierce the sun with the sword you used when I was crucified. The scar on my side is the shape of your smile.   Theriomorph Murmuring waves of desire lick at my boots as I step into the shadows, my luster gone, my teeth freshly sharpened.   The Party to Celebrate the Unfolding And I dedicated my reading to my father, who did not live long enough to see my book. He sat there, pale but unwavering. My words spread out like a stain. When the people clapped my father half-rose from his chair. He thought it was over. He thought it was all over.

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