"22 October 2013 (For Jennifer)"
By Amy Sexauer
I wonder if your sisterhood beyond the grave
Is as strong as ours has become here
Same month
Same province
Same look in my friends’ eyes
Grief is the bitter coffee
We continue to brew
How else to get out of bed
We can’t bury another one
We keep burying another one
This garden we planted with our friends
Is eating itself
Amy Sexauer is a poet and author of Poppies, published by Dead Reckoning Collective, from which this poem was taken. She is a West Point graduate who spent nine years on active duty in Military Police and Psychological Operations units. She is currently a graduate student at Harvard University. Follow her here.
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