Monday, March 7, 2022

we crowd the house

we crowd the house
with
loss, with memory of those
passed.
we secure their
place
amongst the couch,
the mantle, next
to a favored
vase,
a hung hat.
we prop photos, and
rings,
small things,
that remind us of who
they were.
we want them back,
but this will
have to do, small
mementos
that remind us that
our turn is coming
too.

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