

Images: Left - When Heads Begin to Roll (underpainting) 36" x 48" oil on kraft paper by Chris Carter
Right - When Heads Begin to Roll (finished painting) 36" x 48" oil on kraft paper by Chris Carter
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The following poem was written by my daughter, Alexis:
New Year’s Eve
my grandmother waited
until she was surrounded by daughters
to die.
down the hall, my grandfather,
eyes rimmed red,
was talking with the
woman at the front desk.
he hadn’t made it to the parking lot
and yet it was far enough.
my mother. her sisters.
myself. my sister.
and my grandmother, dying.
the men were on their way.
caught in traffic perhaps,
or by the streak of clouds
that glowed golden as the sun set
and she stopped breathing.
outside, purples were crowding
the edges of the sky
and lights flickered on in windows.
she stopped.
what else is there to say?
her breath caught
and in seconds her skin was grey,
her cheeks sunken. was it the wail
that brought my grandfather back
down the hall? i cannot remember.
only that later, he was there. but
at that moment, it was only us
and the sound emanating
from our throats— rising
and rising.
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