she’s so quiet down there

in the stars on the surface

of the water in the well

awfully peaceful down there

like how

.

mom’s so peaceful now

with the dirt on the lawn

fingers thrust into the soil

listening to the attendants

figuring out the flavors

.

mother earth is in a constant state of apocalypse

she said to me

a persistent revelation

because just beyond the pale blue halo of earth’s hips

.

the stars and dark extend forever

as if space were water around the head

of a woman drowning in a well