Michael Wasson-IV
Wake
After the drums
the dance
we unweave from
around the casket
A few of us
stay with you
Someone turns off
the gymnasium lights
Nobody sleeps
Our dark breathing
fills the space
where we watch
your body
pooling shadow.
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Japan’s longest-running bilingual poetry journal. / 関東学院大学、関東ポエトリーセンター発行の日英バイリンガルの詩の雑誌です。
Wake
After the drums
the dance
we unweave from
around the casket
A few of us
stay with you
Someone turns off
the gymnasium lights
Nobody sleeps
Our dark breathing
fills the space
where we watch
your body
pooling shadow.
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