Summers to Remember
dVerse's Haibun Monday : " A Life on Mars " Tribute Write a haibun that alludes to the themes of the excerpts from Tracy K. Smith’s “ Life on Mars .” Tina says what if dark matter is like the space between people When what holds them together isn’t exactly love, and I think That sounds right—how strong the pull can be, as if something That knows better won’t let you drift apart so easily, and how Small and heavy you feel, stuck there spinning in space. Tracy K. Smith, “ Life on Mars ” Graywolf Press, 2011, p. 37 One of my brothers died around this time last year, although we didn’t find out until late autumn. My remaining brother and I don’t know exactly when he died. No one does. We can only go by the date on the death certificate. We know he died at home, but don’t know who found him, or how long he’d been gone by then. He lived alone, and lived a lonely life. He’d alienated himself from the rest of our family over the y...
