Lines Written Post-Disaster

Annette, I wrote this poem in response to prompt #1 of the Academy’s Summer Songs.

After Eduardo C. Corral

Heartbreak sings like charred meat.
The smell of heartbreak hinges doubt.
Heartbreak can't take a joke.
The heaviness of heartbreak sludges your step.
Heartbreak smokes, singeing the edges.
Heartbreak and regret are cousins.
The squawk of crows signals heartbreak.
The taste of heartbreak is licorice on your tongue.
Lilies sift a pollen of heartbreak.
Just give heartbreak a call.
Heartbreak remembers everything.
Loops of heartbreak pucker the paisley.
Heartbreak interrogates with a stiff arm.
You sputter at heartbreak, lowing the ditty.