Among the ashes that were all the fire
had left behind my friend who'd lost
his wife to cancer now his home as well
was telling me over the phone
about the cops who'd happened by
while he was sifting through the rubble

Their German shepherd trained to find the dead
had found what he'dcome back to search for
his wife's ashes

He'd planned to scatter them in places
they had shared and loved
places that now would hold her memory
all the more securely
holding as well her ashes