the crow, Noir Erasure Poem by james w. moore

the crow
by james w. moore

a crow will
Fall

a crow
a crow
that’s going to fall

the eyes    the flicker

crazy
a thing in my life
crazy
a thing in your life

it’s
O.K.
O.K.
O.K.

I

I

I

would still
light the fire

SOURCE NOTE:  “the crow” by james w. moore is based on a page from Chapter 2 in Double Indemnity by James M. Cain.

SOURCE: “the crow” by james w. moore and work by over 40 other poets appears in the Silver Birch Press NOIR Erasure Poetry Anthology (December 2013) — a 122-page collection of erasure poems based on the writings of a range of noir authors, including James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, Walter Mosley, Robert B. Parker, and Cornell Woolrich – available at Amazon.com.