Me and Eulogy

i wish you could hear what it's like
on the other side of this open door
muffled and coarse rumbling air
humbled and stifled
still and inconsolable

what was in your mind at the econo-lodge
in the stink of neighborly sex
and dead solemn silence under sheets

The Love lies in state

a funeral with no one attending
no corpse to inter
a bouquet of questions final

was it the far past that did it
how is the better the greater threat
did comfort and ease breed impossibility
is the missing thing trust and its terrible company
how close would we have had to be to cross the field and shake our hands

now the empty box
waits for the rain of the first spadeful
ravenous for the dirt and darkness
a song without knees
a night without rings
and distance, distance

and i would fly tomorrow if it would make a difference