by Marianne Boruch
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Those ladies at the rummage sale
have buried bodies they love. I believe that
though who could guess,
the way they joke and count: out of a twenty
that leaves ten, or would you
care for a five, a few ones, a little change?
Yes, that would be great.
But he stopped breathing midafternoon
almost three years ago, or
she never felt all that well after her fall down the stairs.
Therefore, it ends. It does
But he stopped breathing midafternoon
almost three years ago, or
she never felt all that well after her fall down the stairs.
Therefore, it ends. It does