On the Death of Someone You Love



When you meet this moment in your memory
you will be struck
by the precision of its angles
its symmetry

Nothing maintains grief
like something you have failed to say
always
after

Words pour
through hollows carved everywhere
by the wrong words

The right words erode walls
walls recede
recede

“On the Death of Someone You Love” appeared in Gargoyle 1976

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