What I Should See

consisting of a bed
and an arm
draped over the side
and it looks like a crime scene
but it's not.

what we all did that day
that night
going away
from the ears that burn
to whisper in closets
vibrations of dirt
he is not alive anymore
like a scarf on the coat rack
in August.

but the coil will come
maybe as early as November
so somebody
whisper again
before it's tool late
before that arm draped over the bed
cascading nearly to the carpet
one single drop of blood hanging
inevitable
falls.