Post Mortem Pretty

Pallid flutter
Nervous stutter
Sunshine burns
Where you strayed.

Yellow linen wishes
White lace kisses
All post mortem pretty
To greet the day.

Sticks and stones
And spider bones.
Schoolfield wonder
Against my palm.

Your heart is still
Against my fingers
Flopped atop
The crook of my arm.

Tender touches
Ask for a kiss
You laugh and laugh
And split in half.

Brass bell rings
Cheese cloth wings
Carry you away
In gossamer death.