winter passed without a glance
took our only boy last
she cried and gods arms were a blind and breathing ocean
blooming spring brought all i need
warmth and rain for me to seed
my earth
good earth for our boy to lie in
in the summer i work my land
she walks like she still held his hand
and i swear to god i caught her once or twice smiling
in the autumn
gold wheat swaying
i cut her down from where she was swinging
she said
'goddamn you
jim. up there i could hear him laughing'