Lot

His wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Genesis xiv. 26.

1.
questions from children
'who's that?'
no details, flip the page
'an old friend'
wonder if photo paper
can be recycled

2.
check the obituaries
just in case
you would think someone
would call to inform
or at least e-mail
admit checking in hope
more than concern

3.
blackout
black hole
seven years of lost time
vague memories float
with no emotion attached
just something that happened
live
and learn

4.
once in a while
i dream
you're there
come to take
everything away
your form is deamon like
and if i were to see you
i would hide

5.
i used to dream of salt
as a child
people made of the sea
i would hold them
and they would slip
through my fingers
kept them in a jar
to protect them
i don't dream of salt anymore