“hospice” and “junebugs” by Ingrid Bruck

hospice

Jake talks to his dead brother and father in hospice
ocean
waves
boom
rocks
ocean
rips
rolls
tows
ocean
in hospice, his dead father and brother talk to Jake

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junebugs

after the full moon shines in the pond, copper green pond scum rises
junebugs
moon
dive
foolhardy
junebugs
drown
reckless
kamikaze
junebugs
copper green pond scum shines after the full moon rises in the pond

Ingrid Bruck
8/3/2016