Smithereens Press Chapbooks SP9 - 'Kodalith' by David Lloyd | Page 17

Casket
Hurt bleeds into another’s rib,
Another beat, a casket
Sealed into the cleft for
Future incubation. Lidless
Eye turned in to the handprint
Fixed in sand: night compact
Pressed into the socket. Think it
A fold, a wrinkle, graved in the skin.

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