Melancholy
1 min
Epilogue, Late October
Kathleen McGookey
The oak holds its flickering leaves for one more morning. The light no longer trembles when I take a breath, even though a car rattles toward me down the long dirt road. Is it over? What harder part is still to come? A deer pauses but the frayed cornstalks can't hide the sheen of its body. In the field beyond the trees, a sandhill crane ripples a wing. I only see a little motion, dissolving, a little pale flash: I will never have enough eyes.
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