S. Black- Three Poems

suicide season

let us raise our glasses

let us toast and cheer

those early leavers

who stayed

as long as they could

but had to go

and prepare the way

who have forgiven us

even if

we haven't forgiven them

physics

it was the summer of 84

when he first went crazy

there had been a few false dawns

but he finally relented

during the physics exam

when he didn't have the answers

and the walls came tumbling down

so he walked out

and never came back

walked out and fell

from the edge of the world

peep show

it was dark outside

she stood naked

in front of the window

she said

someone

could be watching me

right now

and i would never know

she said

for peace of mind

could i go outside

and make sure