Poem: Rennibister Earth House

Rennibister Earth House

Burial smells like I expect,

when I descend into a barrow

behind the stables of an old farm,

wet soil, salt, and old books

I crawl on my elbows, dirt

shaking into my hair

fingernails catch the earth

I half-somersault into

the small tomb at the end

and laugh in the darkness

because I am curled

like a lemon peel

in this sacred space, where

someone’s bones once lay