run away
Mary Winters
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
acted demise: hid on a
river island, snuck into
church for their wake -
saw Tom's aunt cry, the
Wido Douglas in tears -
before the lickings. To
pretend one's own death -
you want something
invisible to
do with your body:
trip to far South or
far North; head to toe a
new look of you want to
watch them drag the
river for your body or
hear your own eulogy
(the boy's final fillip).
Suicide goes too far.
What you's like to
scream at a friend:
why didn't you
buy the gun,
write the note, then
run away.
