Thirteen-year-old Boy Now Only a Body
because the dark
and terrible night because
the vehicle’s inevitable turning because
the hard earth
wanted him cold
because the steel
frame rained down
on his head in the blackness
because his body
was rended just so
because of how sweetly
the young grass
held him
because he flew
and he flew
and he fell
and the man on the news
said killed on impact
the man on the news
said no seatbelt no helmet nothing
to be done because
the cattails parted for him
because the stillness of the air
before he was thrown through it
because his hands grew stiff
in the grass
in the dirt because
he saw a door open before him because
he stepped through it
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