YELLOW dust on a bumble
bee's wing,
Grey lights in a woman's
asking eyes,
Red ruins in the changing
sunset embers:
I take you and pile high
the memories.
Death will break her claws
on some I keep.
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Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.
by Jeff Friedman You came with your dark hats,
fringed shawls, gifts—
armloads of flowers and grief.
You came with twigs,
muddy houses, ashes
smeared on your cheeks.
You came with your broken clocks,
loud ...