“Obituary for May 25, 2020” by Richard-Yves Sitoski
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Obituary for May 25, 2020
By Richard-Yves Sitoski
Today he will be survived by. In his 46th and 18th year. In his 12th year. In his 6th year. It is with great sadness that. Today he will be survived by uniform. He will be fondly remembered by. He will be fondly remembered by his brothers, his sisters, his mother, his father, his sons, his daughters. It is with great sadness that today he will be survived by shirt and tie. Today he will be survived by hegemony. Today he was predeceased by his brothers, his sisters, his mother, his father, his sons, his daughters. He fondly remembers those who predeceased him. He will be survived by fire, by broken glass, by groundswell. He will be survived by placard. He will be survived by thumbs removed from scales. Today suddenly. Today after a long illness. It is with great sadness that suddenly after a long illness. It is with great sadness that suddenly. It is with great sadness.
Copyright © Richard-Yves Sitoski
From No Sleep ‘til Eden (Ginger Press 2020). First appeared in Poetry Pause on October 16, 2020.
Richard-Yves Sitoski is a songwriter and performance poet, and was the 2019-2023 Poet Laureate of Owen Sound, Ontario, on the territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. His poems have appeared in Arc, The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, Train, CAROUSEL, and elsewhere. He is co-editor, with Penn Kemp, of Poems in Response to Peril: An Anthology in Support of Ukraine (profits from which went to displaced Ukrainian cultural workers). His one-person fringe show, Butterfly Tongue, has played to sold-out houses. He is a 2021 Best of the Net nominee, the recipient of the 2021 John Newlove Award, and the second place winner of the 2022 Don Gutteridge Award. His most recent works are the chapbook How to Be Human and the full-length of collection (and 2nd place Don Gutteridge Award-winner), Wait, What?.
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