Memento Mori
Memento Mori
The cranium, smooth as the shaved pate of a skin-
head. Without the skin. A tattooed carapace
to protect the brain, its stitched fissures, ominous—
these seams, unevenly repaired and thin,
will they hold, subjected to a pressure test?
The emptied orbits of the eyes: perfect to view
the nothing they stare at. The wide fixed grin:
remember those times you’d make a . . .
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Able Muse Write Prize for Poetry, 2018 ▪ Shortlist
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