Fig. 144: A manila folder, labeled Coventry High School Alumni Assoc. Contents: Five blue ribbons emblazoned with a gold circle. Cutouts of the number 50 allow blue to peek through the gold.
Fig. 155: A list of names and telephone numbers under class headings. A pencil line, drawn along a ruler, runs neatly through those confirmed deceased. Lines grow denser and more frequent higher on the list. A blue line is drawn through my grandfather‰ЫЄs name. The ink is running out, so in places the line crossing him off is almost invisible.
Fig. 156: A new list begun in another place, the same pencil lines drawn through the living. The line wavers running through my name.
Sarah Ann Winn lives in Fairfax Virginia. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Apeiron Review, [d]ecember, Flycatcher, Lost River Review, Lunch Ticket, Massachusetts Review, and Rappahannock Review, among others. Currently, she teaches poetry in public schools through a Sally Merton Fellowship. Visit her at http://bluebirdwords.com or follow her @blueaisling on Twitter.