On My Grandmother's Death


by Brian Jones



In the dirt parking lot
outside the locked gate
I removed the wooden stake
from my truck and heart,
then scrawled deeply:

TERRIBLE
THE LOSS
OF EACH
LIFE

With no moon to guide
I wrote it blind
for the world to see.

In the morning,
in the light;
I don't know
if it will make sense.


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