Occlude

Written by: Adrienne Yeardye; Consciously Woman

 

 

wide knuckles

and short fingers

skirt her name into the search engine

 

the room is dark

 

a few strands of her hair

left on the pillow

a photograph

and a letter she wrote

folded and unfolded

in a box

 

ritual

 

at the threshold of all the places she’s lived

she hides a dime

to eclipse her heart

to draw him even

 

bloodless