Safe in Their Cryogenic Chambers by C. A. Gardner (with apologies to Emily
Dickinson)
Safe in their Cryogenic Chambers--
Frozen past Pain on a hopeful Noon--
The dreamers await their Resurrection--
Veins of Snow--
In titanium Tomb.
Bobbing along on the crest of Eons--
Castaways dying--but never Dead--
Slumber--chaste stasis--
Through time's Tumult--Ageless
Figments of Life
In a drowsing head.
Worlds wheel--unwaking--their Life Eternal--
Asteroids crash--
And suns decline--
Voyagers drift--indestructible--Timeless
Miniscule Ships
On a Quest Divine
From Raven's Editor:
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A
transplanted native of the Finger Lakes region, C. A. Gardner holds
master's degrees in English literature and library science, and currently
serves as cataloger at a public library. She has had nineteen stories and
over a hundred poems published by venues like The Doom of Camelot,
The
Leading Edge, Mythic Delirium, Twisted Cat Tales and
Raven
Electrick. Two stories and a poem earned honorable mention
in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
(12th, 13th, and 15th editions).
Gardner attended Clarion West in 2004 and is also an avid black-and-white
photographer, particularly of surreal and horror themes.
A
transplanted native of the Finger Lakes region, C. A. Gardner holds
master's degrees in English literature and library science, and currently
serves as cataloger at a public library. She has had nineteen stories and
over a hundred poems published by venues like The Doom of Camelot,
The
Leading Edge, Mythic Delirium, Twisted Cat Tales and