Bounty and Twenty Poems to Read on the Streetcar Senior Thesis ...

Death on Meeting Children
They are allowed
perhaps two scarless years.
Occasionally three,
no more than four
before their first
glimpse.
They’re boldest
when they’re alone.
They climb in<strong>to</strong> my lap
<strong>and</strong> twist the corners of my cloak.
They ask about the scythe
<strong>and</strong> laugh at the syllables
ree ping sols
Inevitably they want
<strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>uch it <strong>and</strong> I let them.
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