Speculation
Chainsaw three
minutes
hours later in
rain
smell of
resin.
W. S. Merwin
“In the Red Mountains”
If
kelp. If bait. If boat.
If
fiberglass repair. If swing-sets. If hours swinging.
If
barefoot if new
shoes
if a mother if her
mother. If Hemmingway
If
Harper Lee. If Robert
Frost’s
“Home
Burial. (If his Elliot) If fever
cooled
if unabandoned.
If
Listen-
ing. If sex
waited
for you. If you
wanted
it to. If roast
beef
if Sunday love if Jesus if Muhammad If Moses If Buddha If Krishna
If
a woman. If her two hands
if
her mouth her throat if before
you
were born if the un
aborted
one if brother/sister if
aunt
or uncle or. If father. If it worked.
If
hanging yourself. If blisters from
the
rope if they didn’t heal if they did
if
you lived if you died
If
it wasn’t her in the road if the snow
if
the phone if the way
if
work if cigarette if fishing if thick
ice
if unbroken plans
if
lists. If it was
It
wasn’t.
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