Enough graveyard shifts
make a cryptkeeper –
even out of those who save lives.
Visiting her at work,
we saw how they flocked
to her down embrace,
she gave her ears
to the brittle voices
that blistered palms
rolling the linoleum
to empty her pockets
each capsule of her time.
make a cryptkeeper –
even out of those who save lives.
Visiting her at work,
we saw how they flocked
to her down embrace,
she gave her ears
to the brittle voices
that blistered palms
rolling the linoleum
to empty her pockets
each capsule of her time.
By Brandyn Johnson
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