So not to surface after a torrent aunt Lorrell was buried nine feet
deep on a hillside in a rural cemetery next to relatives with headstones
of Pauline, Bebbe, Margaux, and Bror—common French and Swedish names.
Our bodies are temporary blossoms; family history says
Lorrell had four nipples, Bebbe a glass eye,
and Margaux webbed toes.
I await.