Perpetuity

8 April 2019, Minneapolis

The Monongahela

named by the Lenni Lenape

means place where banks cave in

Calving banks of wormy humus

An annuity of perpetuity

Bone fragments in rotting leaves

luminous constellations

perfunctory without end

Five and a half pounds

of crematorium ash swirling

down river. A time lapse

image of stars and planets