Used words
Hibiscus
you’re
a
hand
while
alive—
You
will
die
as
fist
fingers
folded.
I
don’t
believe
in
rebirth
but
your
stem
does.
The
replacement
raises
thumb
at
dawn
Waves
with
wink
when
the
fist
falls—
Five
petals
find
me
sweeping
skeletons.
nod
my
way
yet
kneel
to
greet
eternity.
heat
of
that
handshake
could
cook
okra—
Your
doesn’t
unfold
you
drop.
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