HE SAID, MARIE, MARIE, HOLD ON TIGHT
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.
~ The Waste Land, "The Burial of The Dead", Eliot
Monday, April 02, 2007
The elbalmer's art
Press down his lids. Unfold the lines under his eyes, as though tearing
off a creased love note. Drain these tears, the cause of so much rot. Fill
the hollows of a heart that failed him - cement and chemical. The body is only a boat
we steer till disembarking. I polish the wood till it gleams the unearthly colour
of gold. He is dead now, no one would want to touch him.
I paint his lips, adding the last stroke of colour to close the circle, locking it shut.
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