chills
race
down his spine
someone
stepped
on
his grave
his
long dead
grandmother
would have said

am i dead
he wonders

and
if so

why
does it still
feel
so
fucking
painful

she doesn’t answer
of course
she doesn’t
she’s dead

maybe
they
both are

he really can’t tell

he wonders
as
the chills race
again
is
there a difference
at all