Monday, May 8, 2017

Fall

Beauty crunching underfoot,

preparing for the long freeze.

I wasn't going to focus on that smell:

earth, rot and whatnot, the memory of

a November funeral. But from

behind us, her voice snuck into my ear.

The taste of Marlboro Lights

and quarters snatched my saliva.

I spun around but that sound

was already lost in the rustling

of tree branches and rushing of the wind.

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