Remains
A poem by Lynn Kozlowski

Remains
(along Hadrian’s Wall, England)

He dies at a foreign outpost,
a fort,
and is buried there.

His friends go home.
His religion disappears.
Centuries pass.

Students with toothbrushes
scratch the grounds.
He is discovered.

A display is made.
His bones—
showing the height of a soldier—

are hung
beside the rings of his wife
and the hats of his friends.

About the Author:

Lynn Kozlowski’s writing has appeared in such places as The Quarterly, The Malahat Review, pif magazine, and failbetter.com. He has a volume of short pieces, Historical Markers.

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