After Catherine
Whitney DeVos

we will not

again beneath

the light

of the moon

bodies packed

with fewer

and fewer maggots

as the years

unravel each cavity

holds less

of a heart

to feast upon

& furthermore

the orange trees

swell their hideous

branches

the hillside

refuses to burn

each once-love

is become

domesticated

even vengeance

withered now

having walked

with you

from the mountains

willingly

into wretched

daylight

not even my bones

showing