Posted by cindy morgan on March 13, 19101 at 21:36:34:
In Reply to: Re: need meaning of gerald stern's poem posted by miranda weigley on March 13, 19101 at 21:35:13:
: : Burying an Animal on the way to New York---
: :
: : Don't flinch when you come across a dead animal lying on the road;
: : you are being shown the secret of life.
: : Drive slowly over the brown flesh; you are helping to bury it.
: : If you are the last mourner there will be no caress
: : at all from the crushed limbs and you will have to slide over the dark spot imagining
: : the first suffering all by yourself
: : Shreds of spirit and little ghost fragments will be spread out
: : for two miles above the white highway.
: : Slow down with your radio off and your window open to hear the twittering as you go by.