Ellie LoNardo Flickr CC All We Can Do is Go On for Margaretta, Mary, and all the others Death is the cook of nature And she loves wood-burning ovens The smell of oak, of vinegar Of scabbed and healing flesh She stokes her fire with a rod of iron And her eyes light up, yellow and electric She chops her onions, celery and bell peppers And she shucks spoiled oysters To make a sickening gumbo While somewhere, someone is moribund Eyes wide, waiting for a taste She’ll spoon feed them Her bedside manner, like no other Feeding their spirit Calling them home Angel Cezanne is a freelance editor and writer, the creator of Eleanor: A Zine, a mental health advocate, a caregiver, and a low-key meme queen. Her creative writing has been published by Crab Fat Magazine, Sea Foam Magazine, Selfish Magazine, and others.
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