<borson's "after a death">
2003-10-25.1:29 p.m.


After a Death
Roo Borson


Seeing that there's no other way,
I turn his absence into a chair.
I can sit in it,
gaze out through the window.
I can do what I do best
and then go out into the world.
And I can return then with my useless love,
to rest,
because the chair is there.



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