No Useful End
flat in this heat. stained dry.
loft the hair. she had. tell.
sam. to rearrange. his heart.
why. it could. it couldn't. they.
talk. and won't. hurt. but they.
don't. go away. we. are. left.
to nail. the silence. that is.
still. in this heat. wait. as.
water. fit. into. a cup. from.
tame. below. sam. stood. look.
out the window. at a chair.
in the yard. that was white.
and snarled beneath. the emotion.
apple tree. tort. bang. screen.
door. I am so much more tired.
of lonely than you could. endure.
there is nothing to begin. much.
of memory. is the hope. to forget.
---william burke