Witness II

by C.Z. Liu

A black umbrella fell

against the tides of Manhattan

upside down

It wouldn’t be so bad

to lay here

in the home of millions

Heimat of none.

And so the ghosts at the cemetery

walked around town

asking the typical when

why and what

But you hid your confusion

for you’ve seen the map: A dot

A black umbrella fell

Where

X marked the spot.