Cremation
Ashes.
Dust.
Fragments of bones.
Fragments of lust.
Ours.
Yours.
Is it ever enough?
Jason Ridpath
SourceLicence:Public domain
Ashes.
Dust.
Fragments of bones.
Fragments of lust.
Ours.
Yours.
Is it ever enough?
Cremation is the subject, but the poem is really about what a body, and a love, leaves behind. The speaker lists what is left in short, blunt lines: ashes, dust, bone fragments. Then comes a surprise.
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