platitude

(a poem)

solemnity turning burns eternal

molting shriveled summer’s kernel

guestbook voices vomit journaled

overheard and overcoats all worn in

weather tropic, sweat beads slowly

creasing dresses greasy fleshes

packed in fishy smiling lies

pitied palming, swelling eyes

she never tried to scream or struggle

sliding into subtle fondness

among the fronds in someone else's

eternal

vernal

funeral.