a dragonfly sits on the cross
that the crouched hero
puts flowers in front of
the actor shoes it away
it lands he waves again
it floats up re-alights
brilliant adlibs
this flying insect bothers
the mourner’s mourning
he waves his hand again
it returns once more
this must be the alternate ending
the one they decided to keep
with the unscripted beauty of the day
the symbolic cross shape
of this little mosquito hawk
and a message for those
love leaves behind
hope is not so easily
pushed away
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