29.3.22

    
      SNAP
he heard it

was brushing his teethpulled it out of his mouthSTOPPED listened hard

he walked out of the bathroom up the hall into the livingroom

his wife was sitting on the sofa her back to him 

she didnt turn

Whadidya do

she didnt turn
                  Do?
Yes do

I didn’ . .
. . You did Wha

I didn’t do anything.

You did  I heard you

Whatever you heard wasn’t me.

It was it was it was she wasnt going to say    Love  I know it was

sarcastically  Love
                    You’re hearing things.

 

he heard her that eveninghe was washing dinner dishes she hadnt eaten

she was struggling for breath


he heard the ambulance he still hears it

followed it over to EMERGENCYfollowed her in on the trolley attendants at her head and feet

he heard himself I believe she overdosed

 

she had died the following evening

next afternoon he heard the pathologists knife slicebegin the Y-cut on herstumbled to the stereo played Made in Japan louder than he ever had

1414,  Twosday,  29  3. 22
Esbjorn Svennson Trio  Leucocyte III, Ad Morten  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3j-194C8pg


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