This poem is taken from Stand 242, 22(2) June - August 2024.

Michael Greavy Three Poems
Mourning Coat

Starlings – ragged sorrow. Their knit
sews me a cloak, some widow’s coat.

Pull it on, the mourning – big night pockets,
darkling sleeve, a seam where soaked
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