After

By Andrea Cohen

After the accident we had

the phrase after the accident.

Also this: before the accident.

We had a drawer marked

before and after, and after

and before happenings

we'd add atrocities and

incidents and the wild

asters someone before

and after keeps leaving.

Copyright Credit: Andrea Cohen, "After" from Everything. Copyright © 2021 by Andrea Cohen. Reprinted by permission of Four Way Books, www.fourwaybooks.com.

Source: Everything (Four Way Books, 2021)