scribing death

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glimmers

hazy and red

glared off the tall concrete

onto an indigo backdrop

a gust

raw and gelid

evanesced through the room

into an idle hallway

neighbouring chatter

vanished

a bland cream shade

there it stood

still

the curtain was drawn

wide-eyed

a senescent gaze

toward the blue yonder

now empyrean

open-mouthed

a fixed expression

after the final gasp

now spent

undisturbed

a static trunk

after the closing beat

now deaf

motionless

you lay

unruffled

ashen and gray

inanimate

waxy and cool

i touched your lids

closed

thin and plain

i veiled your frame

from collar to toe

i glanced at my wrist

needles marching forward

shielded by glass

i recorded this moment

as it passed