A very modern, secular kind of elegy reflects on death with a surprising lightness
Now that you are not-you
and have satisfied the finger-check of pulse
at throat and wrist
ear to the chest
mirror to the lips
A very modern, secular kind of elegy reflects on death with a surprising lightness
Now that you are not-you
and have satisfied the finger-check of pulse
at throat and wrist
ear to the chest
mirror to the lips