a name rough and incomplete
notes on death
the cemetery on greenview avenue
this is the first cemetery that i loved.
spare college afternoons
i returned to shadeless paths,
this tiny headstone.
adam davis costen
his name was too cleanly cut.
i would see a mother wail a hammer down,
carve a name not four years old - a name
rough, incomplete.
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may 2024
notes:
editing by karen cooper