Erika Lutzner 

Blitzkreig

​In her dreams, they are making love
on a lazy Sunday afternoon
 
The air is adrift with calm and
smells like efflorescence
 
The sky is almost carmine--
a sign of what is to come
 
War is not outside the door;
bodies piling higher and higher--
 
The smell of rotting
flesh becoming ordinary
 
Each time there is a knock at
the door, she is afraid--
 
In her dreams, they are making love
on a lazy Sunday afternoon

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Erika Lutzner has written one full-length book and four chapbooks. She grew up in Garrett Park, MD, next to Porcupine Woods and behind the train tracks. She now resides in Brooklyn, NY. She is a former violinist, chef and loves cats. She is the editor of Scapegoat Review.