felt like a bomb ready
to detonate with fall colors
green, red, yellow, wires
inserted in pale chest
silver dollar fuse under
skin turned black and blue
Mississippi Currents a hand, a finger, lips, and breath move along the river where mud, stones, love, and family members now rest
felt like a bomb ready
to detonate with fall colors
green, red, yellow, wires
inserted in pale chest
silver dollar fuse under
skin turned black and blue