Features

in the cemetery of sin,

A lone survivor,

the letter “C”,

its curves

presiding over a CASINO sign

now stiff in the dirt

nostalgic for the proud light that

molested dark eyes of greed

a REGAL’S cracked crown,

entices beasts from the shadows

a promiscuous promise

A throne,

leader of a kingdom

now chained to the ground

just as the lights

will fade from our eyes

The Graveyard is where the

souls of VEGAS die

Mona Monahan is a freshman Design major at SVA. Mona hails from Long Island, New York. Her poem, “Neon Graveyard,” is inspired by photographer Denise Scott Brown’s architectural photographs of Las Vegas in its heyday of the 1950s.