• Vol. 05
  • Chapter 01

Dead Peoples Stuff for Sale

The apostrophe’s deader
than the people
who assail the detritus
of the once-living,
scrounging for something
to redeem, to give
meaning to their lives.

I come from a dead people.
We could not take
stuff with us,
just a scroll, some
books, what we
carry in our heads.

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