Poem A Week: When I Die / by Beth Winegarner

"Dobro" by Mshai is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 

"Dobro" by Mshai is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 

When I die
Bury me in a dobro
Under that pierced steel moon
And its underwater shimmer song

Put my flesh to fire
Bellowed from the heat
Of a 10,000 watt amp
Ringing anywhere everywhere

Lay my bones
In a cello casket
I'll rattle around like dancing
Under the keening of the strings

Press my carbon to diamonds
And put me in a needle
Tuck me into that warm black space
Between the grooves

I could never make music
But when I go
I want you to know
I'm singing