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 Dark In Abundance

Beyond air,
only darkness comes free.

The cops had spotlight ablaze
on the limply posed body, a white sheet
draped just enough, yet less than needed
and the blood was the alarm
before the fire engines sounded.

The television reporters
had cameras amply available
and the lighting held their truths
to the sky above.

He was wearing his not-so-festive
work clothes
when they arrived,
pulse lost before anything else,
even before the glass shattered
on his windshield
and scattered about the roadside.

He was my friend
and deserved more distinction than that.


Joseph Veronneau