Demi Richardson lives and writes in Indiana, Pennsylvania. 

New Orleans
By Demi Richardson

Cicatrix—(n) the scar of a healed wound; or,
a scar on the bark of a tree; or,
a mark on a stem after the leaf has become

detached.

A verse in Solomon goes like this:
catch for us the foxes, the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards. . .

which makes me think of New Orleans:
your church / with its / stained glass / everything / & /
Mardi Gras beads / wound around my / rearview mirror / we

are stretched out under a bridge
in a moment we can’t keep.  I

detach
detach
detach.