In The Boughs of Death

Poem by Jonathan Chibuike Ukah

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When my sister's husband died
she nestled in the boughs of death;
I planned her breakup,
how she would divorce him in the state,
while he lay there like an expired robot,
without batteries, without power,
except for a wreath of plastic flowers.