afterbirth

snow like

lives lost

looking for a

soft place to land

finding disaster

a four car pile up

blood

whiteness ruined by

those who can

realize it while

they realize less

and see that all

roads lead to an end

and the sky above

ends too

*

he’s throwing up

because he’s grown up

too quickly

and never learned

to chew his food

all the way down

taking it in lumps

like bad news

that he’s heard his

mother died or is dying

or will die before him

and what did he know

before her

except for the fact

that she was him

once too

drinking

throwing up

and wondering what will

happen next

when she wakes up

to chunks of her

sticking around like

placenta