Grace Zabriskie

A WEEK OR SO LATER

You were painting in bed
when you died.
When you died
you’d been
painting in bed.

You’d been painting in bed
until a week or so
before you died.

You’d been painting in bed
for months and then
you didn’t want to anymore

And then
a week or so later
you died.

Grace Zabriskie is the author of Poems (NYQ  Books, 2009), and is an actress in Hollywood.  Full Profile

Grace Zabriskie has been writing poems for over thirty years. She is also a visual artist and an actor. Full Profile