Issue # 11 December 2011
Julie Corbett
A Ritual for Grief Begins 90000 BCE

It
It
It will
It will have
It will have begun with
It will have begun with a particular one

Death
Death
Death visited
Death visited again
Death visited again and again
Death visited again and again as it would

Leaving
Leaving
Leaving behind
Leaving behind remains
Leaving behind remains, so still
Leaving behind remains, so still and so quiet

That
That
That on
That on this
That on this particular day
That on this particular day they were kept