Ask the pallbearers
fifteen years after
carrying the closed casket
of a murdered friend.
Feel the hasty flinch
even when your hand
rests
on their shoulder
in clear kindness.
Michael J. Galko is a scientist and poet who lives and works in Houston, TX. He was a finalist in the 2020 Naugatuck River Review narrative poetry contest and the 2022 Bellevue Literary Review poetry contest. Recent poems have appeared in Eclectica, Clackamas Literary Review, and Tar River Poetry.
Love this poem. Feeling it, completely.
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