A woman is sleeping
in a trailer she is
turning over
like an open hand
an overwhelming heat
is pressing down upon her
she is opening her mouth
like a cat or a baby
she is saying goodbye
to her husband or maybe
her father he is
walking away
like a figure
in a play a window
is sliding open it is
dark her mother
is kneeling next to her
they are both crying
the priest is confused
he is saying goodbye
over and over
she is coming apart
like a flower she is
remembering
her mother's sink
the Brussel sprouts
there is a bowl the rim is
pink she is fingering
the delicate ridges
over and over
she is floating
through a lobby or
maybe a movie set
there are men
standing over her
saying goodbye to her
over and over she is
naked her thighs are