And (I want to argue) maybe my dead died quick for a material reason. / Maybe they went up like a forest fire from dry tinder in their heartwood: / a thin artery wall easily blasted by that lightning stroke, / a brain alight and bleeding out, / then invisible crematorium fire

on the shore / she gave birth, a Japanese soldier / stabled her with his horse. carved / teeth into dice. if they landed even /   a woman was shot. odd / & rape instead. sometimes / death can wait for a man to open his pants.