Jorge Antonio Renaud

HER ARK

She felt her need. Tied her knots.

A rope. A towel. A sheet. A

cord.

She touched their hair. Woke

the first. Stroked her

cheek. Left

her swinging in the air. Called

the second. Held her hand.

Fit the noose

around her neck and hugged

the third. kissed her lips. Slipped

her softly from her

bed and, as she swung, went

back. Once more, Hung her head.

Asked her final child to

please. Keep still. Don't weep. Closed

her eyes and hers and hers and hers

and joined them in their sleep.

(Posted in this space April 29, 2013)

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