Death & the Wayback Machine

Last thing remembered
before death—Spider-Man
Underoos? Incredible Hulk
action figure exploded
with firecrackers? Final slice
of sausage pizza. JV track
and field trophy? Kung-Fu Theater
showing Five Deadly Venoms. . .
Perhaps it’s a rose pressed
in a poetry chapbook written
by an ex who put a razor
to wrists. Leisurely blood flow
said more than she ever did.