09-08-2024, 11:02 AM
The last look a blur,
a swift sweep of laughter
after the fan of her fingers
on her knee caught
the rest of her
quite still—
she was dead
by the time she hit
her head on the floor
(*phenomenon by which an image persists
for one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina)
a swift sweep of laughter
after the fan of her fingers
on her knee caught
the rest of her
quite still—
she was dead
by the time she hit
her head on the floor
(*phenomenon by which an image persists
for one twenty-fifth of a second on the retina)