{"id":821,"date":"2015-03-05T15:44:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starstrewnsky.net\/satellite\/?p=821"},"modified":"2015-03-05T15:44:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T15:44:58","slug":"phosphene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/starstrewnsky.net\/satellite\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Phosphene"},"content":{"rendered":"

When someone dies. <\/p>\n

the branches of a single tree
\nbow heavy with dew
\nin forest shadow a twig snaps
\nbeneath the black paw of a stalking cat
\nand a startled bird flies free<\/p>\n

when someone dies<\/p>\n

the seaweed wrings its fingers
\nfields of wheat wave
\ngoodbye
\na crow sharpens its beak
\non porous stone<\/p>\n

when someone dies <\/p>\n

the wind mourns their name once
\nin old forgotten tongue
\nthe stars flicker off for a sliver of time
\nthe stones yawn
\nthe ground grows fat<\/p>\n

Michael Fredman,\"Skull 2001. <\/p>\n