heard him speak in past tense
does he seek bereavement
i’m looking through conflict
buried under cement
one too many secret
like moon is crescent
she is furled unpresent
his hope is well lit?

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“…she was such a good mom, i hope she can be a good mom again…”

oof

i don’t need to be psychic or have a degree in psychology to call it

“well how do you know they are dead? did you check their pulse”

i swear if i get asked that question i will hang up and call back for someone else

“LOOK THERE AIN’T NO GOT DAMN PULSE – IT STANKS”

“YOU COME CHECK THE GOT DAMN PULSE”

“IT’S THE WORSE SHIT I EVER SMELLED”

one time my grandaddy died (this needs to be the opening line of my book) and he had been dead for three days, down in the basement of the church, and i was a medic so they let me and my half-sister down there (her granddaddy by blood) and i decided to give him a hug

and he burped in my mouth

the look my sis and i made at one another

i was just like “i pressed too hard”

“the smell”

“it went in my mouth”

he hadn’t been in a cooler or anything

he had all his guts

it was august

he died on my birthday

things got worse…

would you like to be my editor?

or maybe get married?

to be continued?

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