Dead is for dogs, For fathers, for old movie stars She just isn't here And never will be again Can't even scrub that sentence off my hands. I talk to the closet now. Not because I can find her Because I don't have anywhere To put my voice They said "She was trying" What the fuck does that mean. I held her weight in green towel And she jerked once just once Like she forgot how to breathe And then remembered too late.
