Eusuf, Nausheen

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refuse to perish with their mortal masters.The griefs they grieved, the slights they bore,how can they not, once told, return to taskthe living—a collector at the door?You tend to them the way you water the plantsthat yellow regardless on the window sill,the way regret catches you like a featheron the windshield that turns, stalls, lies still,and disappears. Familiar, like old friends,like the loping gait of the three-legged catthat comes to your porch at dusk to finda bowl of milk. Surely, you owe them thatNausheen 861Eusuf: The Sorrows of the DeadPublished by The Open Repository @ Binghamton (The ORB), 2015

The Sorrows of the Dead

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The Sorrows of the Dead

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