after the funeral home has
burned down in a desperate
arsonist's fire-
you go to look for me
and the bones you are sure
you will know
where in the walls
there is something like grief
but mostly happiness-
for the fire, I imagine,
for the release
for the light refracting, reflecting
off the cracked glass on the floor;
for the ashes that your
failing eyes cannot distinguish
from the wood or the smoke or the carpet
or me
May 5
May 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM UTC
after the funeral home has
burned down in a desperate
arsonist's fire-
you go to look for me
and the bones you are sure
you will know
where in the walls
there is something like grief
but mostly happiness-
for the fire, I imagine,
for the release
for the light refracting, reflecting
off the cracked glass on the floor;
for the ashes that your
failing eyes cannot distinguish
from the wood or the smoke or the carpet
or me
