wine glass on the kitchen table,
ninety percent empty. pills - three white,
one crushed, the rest taken.
and in the dismal solitude of her house,
she weeps - one grayish hand clutching her face,
the other limp. With just an upturned ear,
she can hear her bones clatter with
every shake and sob.
in three days, the alcohol will be
frozen in her blood. so she must writhe on the
stone bed of the tomb until her vision
blinks blind.
for how else could she
see heaven, but without her
salty eyes?
