Engage the skulls in the neighborhood
The one there in the black cape
Lavender shawl, signs of a former scowl:
Engage the skulls delicately, lick your lips
Offer red candies, white ones, too:
Look for your brother, the one
In the fresh bones, the one
At the bottom of the stairs
The one not sure where he is:
Approach him kindly
Kiss his lips
Tug at the upper edge of his white shawl:
Hešs still a novice - you both are.
Offer a candy, two or three:
Give each other condolences
Awkwardly:
Drop down the walk
Away from the stairs:
Go back as one must into the world
Whatever jitters on onešs lips
Or down to the base of the spine:
Grab a wet pinecone
By the trolley track:
Press its coolness to onešs cheek.
Stephen Vincent
Blog: http://stephenvincent.net/blog/
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