with her spirit long gone
her white tail slips in my fingers
she’s large, 10 inches
a bloated two pounds
I drop her into a double bag
knot it tightly
reminds me of the time I helped
two hospital assistants roll my
sister’s body onto a gurney
in a strange way they became
the same, bone and meat
covered in ghostly flesh
one will create tears
that drip on a casket
the other will be dropped
with a prick to the heart
into the trash
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