No one deserved to be
         shot in the back
  like the way they did my little sister

She murmured lullabies patiently 
carried torches for people   
closed their eyes, dropped the bag, in her hands 

She never knew she had a heart
it was big and hot and dangerous
   (No one thought to teach her how to use it)

"It's all so selfishly beautiful"               
as she walks beneath handbags                
and mortgage and the cadence of November

She finally shed life away, its
    shrapnel such a weight
  Brought her back to quiet towns and words

She made it back to the city
and fell underfoot             
Could not bring herself back up to speed

What would we be without all the
world's burning little fools
?

She came home.

She walked downtown to the family store
opened it up and hung a sign on the door

said,

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