_____The girl lies
under hemlock and witch
__________hazel, false indigo.
_____Skin dissolves
in the fungus-dark, marrow
__________brightens: bone-harp—
wind through rib, through clavicle,
_____a low
__________keening begins.
_____The girl lies
under hemlock and witch
__________hazel, false indigo.
_____Skin dissolves
in the fungus-dark, marrow
__________brightens: bone-harp—
wind through rib, through clavicle,
_____a low
__________keening begins.
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