After-grief, a Harvestman
I’m in
a clear space
let’s say
an interim
ante-room
and some
insect-
restiveness
personified
won’t unfocus
this after-grief—
Skittering
then stopped
I don’t much mind
finding corners out
on its way
cornicewise
towards
wherever falls
this hour’s
supply of dust—
I find myself
much less annoyed
then of old
of earlier
before, ante
post-partum.
Yes, this
harvestman
is my after-
grief child
something
resigned
by its nature
to resignation—
And a spy
o long-legged fly
spinning nothing
besides
its own
attention.
David Mohan is a poet and short story writer based in Dublin, Ireland. His poetry has been published in The Cincinnati Review, Spoon River Poetry Review, Ninth Letter, Stirring, Corium Magazine, New Madrid Journal, New World Writing, PANK and the Cumberland River Review. His poetry has been nominated for The Pushcart Prize.