“evermore” is one of two edgy & profound poems by Lonnie Monka in our Fall 2016 issue.

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PRAYING FOR LIGHT
                while pooping in the dark outside
                                 a car approaches
people often anger
                in an inverse proportion to their true faith
& faith can’t help
               but support absolutely everything
just as G-d’s footprint must be too big to see
              realists don’t think
they are just sub-conscious statisticians
              trying to be helpful
so what is eternity without thinking beings
              forever trying to understand
the end of time
                 the bottom of the sea
                                  no toilet paper?

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LONNIE MONKA is a U.S. native now living in Jerusalem. He loves the finer things in life, like reading & writing, experimenting in the kitchen, and posting pictures of Jerusalem’s toilets on Instagram. He runs occasional literary events and readings under the name Jerusalism. Feel free to check out his literary musings at www.thereforeforthee.com