Thursday, June 14, 2012

The Forensic Science Of Grief Comments

Rating: 4.0

You breathed your last breath from the air
in this room;
that threadbare Persian carpet
holds flakes from your skin;
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M.L. Emmett
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Nicholas Grey 15 October 2020

A very moving poem about the loss of someone very close and the grief the poet feels. The details of little parts of the person left behind, the kind of things Forensic teams might find, is poignant e.g. the hair, skin flakes, eyebrow hair (in the tweezers) , the sweat, spit and scent of the person. These are all valued and treasured by the poet

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