ekphrastic poem: "[Unlabeled 5]"

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[The image that should appear here, along with the ekphrastic poem, is the one used for the Scrimshander cover. My apologies! I'm not sure if it is possible to include an image along with the poem]

[Unlabeled 5]

In hospice your name will be Rose.  I will wear an uncle's face when it turns to winter.  We will enter walking backwards, or maybe only our shoes reversed.  A brace of detectives, an on-call nurse, dispersed into the water.  The reflection in a window leads a sparrow crashing into its body.  I am telling you this now, a bottle plugged with cork, warm snow melted in our palms, left for us to sip.   

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