After
By Andrea Cohen
After the accident we had
the phrase after the accident.
Also this: before the accident.
We had a drawer marked
before and after, and after
and before happenings
we'd add atrocities and
incidents and the wild
asters someone before
and after keeps leaving.
Andrea Cohen, "After" from Everything. Copyright © 2021 by Andrea Cohen. Reprinted by permission of Four Way Books, www.fourwaybooks.com.
Source:
Everything
(Four Way Books, 2021)
