On Grim Reaper’s knee
Bouncing like a baby
And smiling too.
No teeth, but what a grin!
Everyone’s in love with you.
They say Death
Hid his face in his hood
So he could smile too.
—Charles Simic
Charles Simic’s poem in this issue will appear in his new book, Come Closer and Listen, to be published by Ecco Press in 2019.
