(inspired by the suicide poem)
There are epitaphs
composed skillfully of
vague generalities
no more compassionate
than a horoscope
or a palm reading.
and when you see these
well—
death is just as
unoriginal as living,
isn’t it?
Epitaphs omit
the how of things:
the details, gritty
and always obscure
that death is never
a singular
occurrence.