for Sinéad O'Connor (8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023)
nothing compares,
nothing compares to you ...
this undead
night creature at last lets go
of herself, of the world
nothing, nothing
can take away these blues ...
I straddle the gulf
between dream and reality
seeing her turn back, not turn back
Ribbons, 19:3, Fall 2023
FYI: Sinéad O’Connor called herself "undead night creature" since her son Shane died by suicide in 2022.
