Albert, Part III
 

If he is buried
will the song stay

underground,
next to juniper roots,

to be rediscovered
by some burrowing animal

or some child
burying marbles,
a dead fish,
a pumpkin seed?

If he is made into ash
will the song fall silent

before the cicadas lay eggs
or we find the time

to make a better word for pain?  

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Kristen Orser is an MFA candidate at Columbia College Chicago where she edits The Columbia Poetry Review. Her work has most recently appeared in After Hours, Columbia Poetry Review, Redactions, and The Trident. Some of her poems are forthcoming on Womb Poetry.  

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autumn 2007 | kaleidowhirl
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