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C’est La Vie

By MALIK JONES | 04 MAY 2026

By Viviane Sassen — Photo by Ana Bórquez on Unsplash

First fell the angels.
Second fell their father.

We are left holding the sword.
When demons grow their sharpest teeth,

the laundry basket weighs its heaviest
and armor lighter than a smile.

Malik Jones is an electrical engineer from Juneau, Alaska and former aircraft electrician in the Air Force National Guard. His poetry can be found in the Rising Phoenix Review, the 2024 One Page Poetry Anthology, SoFloPoJo, and in his debut collection, As You Were. Don’t call it instapoetry @malikjonespoetry.

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