Requiescat In Pacem

GCC, 03-29-11~03-13-07

Dearth

His absence sounds
not like silence
but tremor: final
fugal harmony suspended
in sanctuary's high air

tangible: polished space
on the oak table
where yesterday
a lamp stood

tang that lingers
on the tongue, bitter-
sweet and sharp, when
the plate is empty

no movement in the room,
though the eye's corner sees
dust motes twirl, stirred
by graceful sweep of arm
beyond our perceiving

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