song_for_night
raze
the
man
eats
his
pillowcase
while
his
wife
slithers
across
cold
sheets
speaking
in
tongues
.
these
people
are
not
your
parents
.
leave
this
place
.
go
out
into
the
gloaming
. bring
something
warm
to
wear
.
don't
stand
at
the
river's
edge
and
ask
to
be
carried
away
by
the
current.
follow
your
father
and
brother
.
walk
until
you
find
your
mother's grave.
stare
at
the
letters
etched
into
the
granite
that
lies
flat
above
the
box
that
holds
what's
left
of
her
. quartz
and
feldspar
flushed
the
same
soft
pink
as
her
wedding
band
.
don't
tell
her
anything
she
doesn't
already
know
.
just
say
hello
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from