Dead is for dogs,
For fathers, for old movie stars
She just isn't here
And never will be again
Can't even scrub that sentence off my hands.
I talk to the closet now.
Not because I can find her
Because I don't have anywhere
To put my voice
They said "She was trying"
What the fuck does that mean.
I held her weight in green towel
And she jerked once
just once
Like she forgot how to breathe
And then remembered too late.