Today I Grieve
Today I grieve... and tomorrow.
Every tear that falls
on the second jaw
is there because of gravity,
or sorrow has something
to do with it--
my leaking groundward
as fingers grasp my crown
probing deep into scalp
for an answer--
when nothing more is found
but wet scraps of hair.
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