On the Occasion of a Death by Suicide
A delicate subject, followed in academic journals:
some propose the mind hovers above the brain,
others, Materialists, have it kit & kaboodle.
Some, past theory, merely aim up
through the mouth.
Fact/pain - we all know the general direction.
A neighbor, one who assumes odd jobs, cleaned up the mess.
I imagine him standing on a chair, stretched,
picking the shards of skull from the ceiling.
I can follow him this far: the evidence
each piece by itself. Right at the last
second my thoughts scatter.