Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'The Night Ahead' by Tom French | Page 22

3 . Saint Vincent ' s
The atrium is filled with us , the bereaved of the last year , gathered together , waiting for the wax in the candles to set before we can take them away , our faces still warm from their heat , and go back to our lives with crocus bulbs in our pockets like change , to plant when we get home .
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