As If Fire Could Hide Us: A Love Song in Three Movements by Melanie Rae Thon

Author:Melanie Rae Thon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781573669023
Publisher: FC2

The boy burns his clothes in the trash, hides

under Polina’s bed, wearing Polina’s robe, head

on Polina’s pillow. He sees Polina’s eyes open

wide, the last day, unseeing—remembers the gloved

hands of the hospice nurse delivering bliss, delivering

morphine—Polina’s breathing so slow, heartbeat

fading—his face near her face and still impossible

to perceive where Polina crossed over—

The liberated dogs have come to lie close, keep the child warm, save her. She knows them by shape and smell, each particular rhythm. Fearless, calm, half coyote. She knows the consolation of long legs, feathery ears, waving tails. Eyes swollen shut, but she senses them watching: sees deep in her throbbing brain their eyes and the eyes of owls and the light of stars all around her—

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