Tuesday, April 28, 2026

OFF-THE-SHELF

Perversely, the wrongest 
thing of them all 
is the reassuring tedium 

of grief's routine;
the TV procedural 
of nullifying feeling—

not the insanity, 
the mundanity of loss.
Everyday  

as the mouthfeel 
of dry toast 
and lunch meat—

that Wonder bread 
and Butterball taste 
of their goneness.