to you
the view
to me

Memory near oblivion. Far death
the voice grinds and vibrates and trembles
the wind denies

Then he deflowers her, pulling away the greenery.
Then a blue vein thinning into a hollow.
Then it is the hollow between her neck and lower jaw.

The many deaths of Ambrose Bierce.Ambrose Bierce’s old house in St. Helena, California, surrounded by the vineyards of Napa Valley, is in good repair. Eight stout sequoia trunks flare outward from a fused base in the front yard. An hour and a half …