The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe

The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe

Author:Marie Howe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company


In the Course of the Last Three Days

She turned her face to the right

opening her mouth as wide as it would go—so open

cupped open—so as to take in the most air—she was all body

by then—a body that couldn’t disguise its desire.

Under her toenails we discovered a forest—mushrooms stacked

like white china plates.

And when she was dead

we pulled the roses off the stems and scattered them over the sheet.

One of us touched her foot

One of us touched her shoulder

One of us tried to pull off her rings.

One of us tried to close her mouth by placing one hand on her head

and another hand under her chin, but her mouth wouldn’t close.



Download



Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.