4th Annual Poems About Suicide Month

[just mercedes]

refusal to mourn a poet’s suicide the week before Christmas (vale Sparrow)



faces glimpsed through a window
before, during and after
saxophone darker than shadows
nothing is sadder than laughter

before, during and after
waitresses cut through the crowd
nothing is sadder than laughter
everyone’s laughing out loud

waitresses cut through the crowd
wounds that instantly mend
everyone’s laughing out loud
in silence all dances end

wounds that instantly mend
his lips left a mark on the glass
in silence all dances end
friends struggle with loss

his lips left a mark on the glass
his life left a son and some poems
friends struggle with loss
wonder why no one noticed

his life left a son and some poems
faces glimpsed through the window
wonder why no one noticed
saxophone darker than shadows