A Matter Of Record

I have never seen anyone die.

I have never seen the spirit leave the burnt body.

I do not know what sound is caught

from the throat, and I'm sure it's not

one I would want

to hear twice -

then the stony heart,

a lack of beauty that comes to stay,

unattractive expedients,

vast disappointments.

More sadness fills the room -

enough to die of right there -

unless you believe that

after Sundown, comes Sunrise.

After the Sunset,

as a matter of record, I am told,

it comes up gold.

Acknowledgement: Casa Menendez, Sounds Like Something I Would Say

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