What happened when we
emerged from the ocean, anyway
returned from eternity
and the Moses shores
Reborn in the Jersey lights—
the high sheen of industrial
blood and glitzy sin
Issue 5
COLD WAVE
£4
Allen Shadow has been a cook, a cabdriver, a correspondent, and a composer. His gritty-yet-lyrical style has been forged by the streets of New York. His work has been cited by Library Journal for its “startling imagery” and has appeared in The New York Times.