JAKE stands out, a bloodless wound
against the dark plank.
A slim ruby ribbon holds this trinity to the cross:
a pair of stems and dessicated blooms
as brittle as life
a note
its message rain-washed to the ground
a canary-yellow star
(a sheriff’s badge? a baby rattle?)
glowing like the cosmos.
US 87
Lubbock County, Texas
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