your grandparents' grave
went unvisited
in a shady spot
by a big tree
that provided more
bird shit
than cover
i left pots of
red anemone and marigolds
when I stopped
to tell them about
what you had
been up to
before you died
I always wondered
if they even cared;
or if they
were ever curious
why you never came
but I did
Perhaps they were
too
ashamed
to haunt
even you
went unvisited
in a shady spot
by a big tree
that provided more
bird shit
than cover
i left pots of
red anemone and marigolds
when I stopped
to tell them about
what you had
been up to
before you died
I always wondered
if they even cared;
or if they
were ever curious
why you never came
but I did
Perhaps they were
too
ashamed
to haunt
even you
