A poem, by Galway Kinnell

The Dead Shall Be Raised Incorruptible 1 A piece of flesh gives offsmoke in the field– carrion,caput mortuum,orts,pelf,fenks,sordes,gurry dumped from hospital trashcans. Lieutenant!This corpse will not stop burning! 2 “That you Captain? Sure,sure I remember–I still hear youlecturing at me on the intercom, Keep your guns up, Burnsie!and then screaming, Stop shooting, Read more…