Monday, December 4, 2023

"Passed On"

 

"Passed On"

 

The gardener found her floating in the indoor pool

dressed in her ballroom gown at the house in Hinsdale, Illinois.

 

The cops ruled it suicide by overdose

empty pill bottles in the hallway

and a trail of brown rose petals

leading to what she called the "lanai."

 

Her cousin found her oncologist's email

on her laptop

sitting on the credenza, saying

the cancer had come back.

 

What do you say? What do you say?

She's passed on. She's passed on.

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