Ethel

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from The Grave Itself

AFTERLIFE

try to land on a flower
some creature called
a weed and unwanted

try to understand: “a policy
is the abstraction
of ‘good’ intentions”

move up a life
move back two lives

try not to think of how
a day half-consoled
kneels at the horizon.

(Origionally published in Tupelo Quarterly)