Tuesday, October 04, 2005

spring

the day the baby died
he came home to find
the lilacs in bloom
millions of tiny
purple kisses
opening their lips
and exhaling
the sweet smell
of life
he thought of
picking a bunch
and bringing them
back to the hospital
for his wife to see
knowing they would
expire before she
got the chance
to enjoy them
but instead he went
deep into the house
closed all the blinds
opened the windows
lay on the floor
and wept
as the smell
of rotting leaves
filled the air

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