Meghan Burrows

Rest

Give me permission through your successors
To dig you your new bed.
To give you a place to sleep
When your time on this plane
Has finished its final render.

Let me chroma key the color of your ivory cocoon
With shades of brown and black.
To mask your wooden shield
With a shield of sepia mud and clay.
Go to sleep.

Allow me the privilege to
Gaussian blur your cooling quilt of soil
With my stained iron spade,
To smooth the dirt
And welcome you to your new home.

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Meghan Burrows

is a freshman attending Colby-Sawyer College as a creative writing major. She has written dozens of short stories, a novella, and even a full blown novel with publication currently pending. She is also an editor for Solidus, and her pen name is Lady Shockbox.