You can’t choose when grief arrives.<\/p>\n
It may come like a wave
\nof muddy water
\nsplashed upon all that you are
\nwhile you stand
\ndripping and grime-spotted
\nas the tail lights recede
\nand you are
\nhelpless.<\/p>\n
It may come as a ball
\nsuddenly striking
\nan arm or a leg
\nor your gut
\nor your head,
\n(even more sensitive
\nparts can be so
\nstruck)
\nand you will buckle
\nand grasp
\nand want to throw up
\nall over the ground
\nas you reel
\ndizzily
\nas the pain
\nwashes over like
\nnothing poetic
\nthan searing agony.<\/p>\n
It may come as a pinch.
\nQuick and hot
\nor slow as a grade school torment.
\nIt will leave you with red marks
\nthat will sting
\nand throb.<\/p>\n
It may come as a wasp
\n(speaking of stinging)
\nand strike, strike, strike
\nall up your arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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