“A brief, haunting lyric, ‘Us & Co.,’”

Tracy K. Smith

We are here for what amounts to a few
     hours,
                                      a day at most

We feel around making sense of the terrain,
                                      our own new limbs,

Bumping up against a herd of bodies
                               until one becomes home.

Moments sweep past. The grass bends
                                then learns again to stand.

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