catapult magazine

the ember months

by Brett Alan Dewing

fall now
oh tomb, oh tomb
september october remember remember
when august and jejune may belie their frills
and stoop to salt the dead
and even kings close their eyes
and seek to count their days

this is the crime of the mind
to steal from summer calvaric spores
that lead to arimathea
to lend the place
and paltry thanks
only when leavings
recall us