Cigarettes

My daughter cast herself into the air
And on the ground she was found
Did she open the window
In truth, to chase away the smoke?
Cigarettes

For witnesses
A cat, a dog
A parrot
A mystery
Perhaps it was an accident
So truly foolish
Who knows?

Honey of Istanbul, clover of Ireland
And a good luck charm from Japan

Woven flowers of spring
A garland for your ashen hair
Plastered against your pallid face
Damaged, so beloved
There on the shore of mortals
Blessed child, a sidereal void
At the medico-legal institute

My little girl swung herself out
On the pavement she was found
Did she open the window
In truth, to chase away the smoke?
Cigarettes

In her clenched fist, a lighter
Without a witness
A mystery
Perhaps it is
An accident

So truly foolish
Who knows?