Floater

"FLOATER" - David S. Pointer

The lowering
device straps
left behind
post funeral
allowed the
vaporite to
climb into
the night

wind faster
than prep
room plastic,
to rewrite
his memorial
service prayer
cards, to don
an autopsy
face mask
waiting for
a reason
to claw or
bubble calm

BIO: David S. Pointer has recent acceptances at "House of Horror, "Sound of the Night," "Theory Train," and elsewhere. He currently lives in Murfreesboro, TN.