lisajane

Last Breath

She heard his last breath
sometime last Friday night.
They'd laid side-by-side
and pushed them down a little,
then pushed her hand down
further.
His eyes were trained
while he took the sharpest
breath she'd ever heard
him take.
Then he moved her hand out,
carefully.

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'Beauty stands and waits with gravity to start her death-defying leap. And he, a little charleychaplin man, who may or may not catch her fair eternal form spreadeagled in the empty air of existence.' - Laurence Felinghetti, 'The Acrobat'

Mithose

I never can read your work without feeling like something's gotten under my skin Lisajane.

"further." would have to be my favorite line.

I don't quite know what I think about "him take." having it's own line... but meh, that's just me looking for something to criticize in an already excellent work.

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Here lies one whos name was writ in water