Hunger

by Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Solitary Plover #40, Summer 2024, page 11. Originally written in April of 2023.

funeral day—

yet another

overcast sky

my shirt too tight

at the collar

rain at the window—

eulogy notes

folded in my pocket

daffodils on the dais—

I join my siblings

in the front row

the pastor’s singing

a little offkey

hunger pangs—

the benediction

doesn’t mention mother