Atone
After working on the sign project for 2 years this burst out of me
How to atone
Is there rope in your attic
A souvenir
Are there teeth in a jar
your relative took
How to atone
Perhaps you will name your child
after one of those that dangled there
that sunny picnic day
Say everyday with love and tears a name
to whom those teeth once belonged
and that rope hung
How to atone
I don’t know