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2title: "Death's trumpet"
3genre: verse
4
5project:
6 title: Elegies for alternate selves
7 css: elegies
8 order: 28
9 prev:
10 title: 'To Daniel: an elaboration'
11 link: todaniel
12
13epigraph:
14 content: |
15 So Death plays his little [fucking](apollo11.html) trumpet.
16 So what, says the boy.
17 attrib: Larry Levis
18...
19
20He didn't have any polish so he spit-shined the whole thing, \
21top to bottom. It gleamed like maybe a tomato on the vine \
22begging to be picked and thrown on some caprese. Death loved caprese.
23
24He stood up and put the horn to his lips, imagining \
25it was a woman he loved. He blushed as he realized \
26it was a terrible metaphor. \
27He practiced for six hours a day---what else to do?
28
29Death looks at [himself in the mirror][moongone] as he plays. \
30The trumpet is suspended in midair. Damn vampire rules. \
31Death is always worried he might have missed a spot shaving \
32but he'll never know unless a stranger is polite enough. \
33Not that he ever goes out or meets anyone.
34
35He wakes up late these days. Stays in bed later. \
36He thinks he might be depressed. The caprese has gotten soggy \
37since he made it, maybe three days ago or maybe just two. \
38The sun streams through his kitchen blinds like smoke. \
39He decides to go to the arcade. When he gets there,
40
41there's only a [little boy][] with dead eyes. So far so good. \
42He's playing a first-person shooter. Death walks past him \
43and watches out of the corner of his eye. The kid's good. \
44Death wants to congratulate him. His trumpet is in his hand.
45
46[moongone]: moongone.html
47[little boy]: angeltoabraham.html