Saturday, June 21, 2014

An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow – v2

Entombed in the driveway
Like whales beached on the sand
covered in the dunes, the drifts
each car, like an archaeological dig
ancient Egypt, layers to cut through
a treasure discovered
found buried alive
as if forgotten by time
an individual sarcophagus of snow
the layer of sand, of time
pushed away, carefully, gently
markings of make, model
vanity plates, some kind of code
all giving way, slowly,
to the shovel, the brush
the rays of the sun, warming,
falling on the part of the world
melting the snow of yesterday’s storm
exposing the bodies, lying, waiting,
from inside the sarcophagi of snow


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edited June 21, 2014
An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow – v2
January 13, 2011
An Individual Sarcophagus of Snow

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