Matted grass, where bodies had lain,<\/p>\n
a swirl of capillaries on the neck, like a tie dye.<\/p>\n
Me sitting on the car hood and it began to move.<\/p>\n
You hung out the passenger window grasping for me,<\/p>\n
with awe and concern on your face.<\/p>\n
Your shirt rising with the reach, to expose your scar.<\/p>\n
The skin on the lower back like a pizza,<\/p>\n
from when the furnace exploded.<\/p>\n
You were eight, and bending to unload the clothes dryer.<\/p>\n
When I see the poster, of Robert Plant and the bird- I always think of you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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