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Spotlight Darryl Holmes (bio) He stares in the mirror like an old gray craneliving in reflection.His eyes the blue mist of a torch.His teeth the color of fresh wood. On better days he blows in the dark,his horn held high,his feathers light and flowing.The sweet taste of a reed in his mouth. Most days he is rolled up,a music poster that never made the wall,a cartonof Chinese take-out growing cold. Some nights he stands on his grandfather's shoeboxfilled with dry polish and spotted rags.He reaches for the switch on the wall.He waits for the yellow light to enter him. [End Page 234] Darryl Holmes Darryl Holmes received his MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he also served as an editorial reader for The Literary Review, the university's international journal of contemporary writing. He has new work out or forthcoming in Jelly Bucket, Kind Writers Literary Magazine, New York Quarterly, Obsidian, Toho Journal, and Water Stone Review. Copyright © 2022 Darryl Holmes
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