as i lay dying

Darl Darl is in Jackson now, all by his-self. There is the nurse and others there but noone chooses to talk to him. He is left out. He is shunned yet again by others. He stares at a wall, ever smiling, ever laughing. There is so much white being worn. It almost blinds me. And the sun, it is so bright. Its like the barn on fire. The flames leaping from the roof, the smoke …

…look at me and move their lips but nothing comes out. The world is silent now so that I can even hear my own laughter. The world is so silent that I can hear Addie. She is in Jefferson now, riding the horses with Jewel. She is above the rest, on top of her big horse waving good bye to everyone, then she looks at me and turns. She gallops away and into the light.