Mr. Nevitz
by Christine Ghatan (1/2006)

after forty six years of marriage and
nine years after the wake
she still sits and smiles when receiving me into the apartment, 202.

all the while
I sense without seeing how
the curtains still hang in the home
and the gilded picture frames are holding my breath for
Mrs. Nevitz, who never was her own person-

dearly departed,
long gone to ashes
who still sits and smiles in apartment 202

Christine is a member of the Class of 2009.