Aidan Castle

Algorithms

We met on an app. Some stroke of luck and anomaly caused my distance filter to fail that night, showing me a beautiful man three thousand miles away. His neighbor has a Confederate flag, and he sleeps with a gun under his mattress. We keep the blinds drawn when I go visit him, the mobile home cocooning our love like a forbidden butterfly.

dawn star the televangelist's smile

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About the Author

Aidan Castle’s poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in NOON: journal of the short poem, Bones, Kingfisher, Prune Juice, and his book the gossamer (KDP, 2023). When not writing, he enjoys hiking, camping, playing board games, and drinking coffee. Aidan lives and loves in the Pacific Northwest.

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