Nancy Carol Moody

FLYING ON BEREAVEMENT FARE

Burnished arrows,

barely aloft—

how swiftly

the planes rise

beyond the roar

and thunder

of takeoff,

pixelate

skyward

into speck

and particle

ii.

The clerk

at Delta,

head lowered,

quietly

shuffles

the paperwork,

her voice

solicitous.

What’s worse

than losing

my father

is her thinking

it matters

more than

it does

Nancy Carol Moody is the author of two collections of poetry, The House of Nobody Home and Photograph with Girls, as well as a chapbook, Mermaid. Her work has appeared in The Southern Review, The Gettysburg Review and Tampa Review, among others. Nancy likes to make random things such as small books and collages, sending them at random times to random friends. She wouldn't mind living on a train, but is content at home in Eugene, Oregon. Find Nancy online at www.nancycarolmoody.com.

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