the long charred trenches
flooded with sunflowers— bones
still climb to be seen
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Tag: death
2099
laid up— bad bad cold
just one of death’s previews
no spoiler alerts
2018
late night in the yard
a fawn cries out, bobcat shrieks
I go back indoors
2010
perched on the railing
she looks down at the bay
traffic rushes by
1943
we used to argue
before you became ashes
the dead don’t talk back
1875
driving by road kill
says a prayer for its next
manifestation
1738
back from hospital
tear up the farewell letters
call the cat sitter
1737
like friends who burst in
unexpectedly with cake
death enjoys surprise
1611r💐
for one afternoon
a meadow of cut flowers
around a new grave
1606🌹
last summer
I visited your grave
you didn’t answer
🕊
1570r
her dead mother’s dress
swaying to a blues tempo
clothesline gently rocks
1471
where grasses grow best
green, thick, lush and tall
the mass graves are there
1431
a tiny cafe
in Hiroshima
a sun once burst here
1400
crushed leaves of maples
daubing the driveway
mosaic of pinks
1388
cemetery night
a back-hoe digs up
the unvisited
