death on a mother’s day

and a brother in europe.

your friends from high school

are partying in galveston

and you are newly dead

at home.

you have not been found yet.

dear god i barely knew you

and yet i am watching you

be forgotten in real time.

photos tagged “reunion”

that you aren’t in,

timestamped to the second.

one per year in the city of my heart

and all roads lead me home.

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Abbie Hart (she/they) is a weird fella from Texas. She has been published over 40 times and is the editor-in-chief for the Literary Forest Poetry Magazine. In her spare time, she learns useless skills and thinks about the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox. She has two chapbooks, “head is a home” and “roadkill years” out through Bottlecap Press. Her website is abbiemhart.com, and her Instagram is @abbiewantstowrite.

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Picture Credits: Zaid Bilal