Dementia’s Unstealable Joy
for Cassie Ray
by Wesley Hartfield
The naked Incarnation stared up at the mechanic in dockers.
The returned soldier who brought T-models back from the dead
and wired radios out of tractor latches and dryer knobs,
the Sunday service usher who ate burnt grilled cheese over chicken any day
sat reduced to a strand of bones.
The scarecrow smiled at the child,
not knowing whom he saw or why,
but loving him still.
Wesley Hartfield is a recent graduate of Belhaven University. He is passionate about the art of storytelling and developing ideas for new table-top games.