No More
by Marcel Aime Duclos
...after the watercolour by Hamid Saadati
House empty and dark
no life in the window
overlooking the gathering
after the funeral
Family and friends
feasted on his garden vegetables
on fruits from his well-tended orchards
The carriage shed silent now
The vintage wheelbarrow abandoned
How he belly-laughed
that summer afternoon–
a half century ago–
when stumbling in joy
he wheeled his grandchildren
on the well-worn path
a week before
the funeral
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