the other press Culture http://otherpress.douglas.bc.ca Photo(graphic} by Devon Lewis Poetry/Fiction/Essays/etc. Enemy Outside, peering in Straddling a cloud, tears falling In a bunker selling online Beneath the sands choking babies Within unconsciously, without unceasingly Staying in town for one night only Bleeding me, extracting wine Feeding the traveler with a bad heart Easing consciences with a black monolith Collecting knives found in back Infidels nesting, often polyplex Riding one-humped camel into sunset Setting sun By Justin Ray February 19, 2003 page 15 © 7