like way too long that death ends with a fruit basket donations in lieu of hyacinths which come anyway to grieve a loss 4ever to hate the grief & very alive puts them in little baby jars loves me while she can grace (ge) gilbert's recent poetics & lyric essays can/will be found in the Adroit Journal, Ninth Letter, the Offing, the minnesota review, Gargoyle Paycock Press, the Penn Review, and others. Her digital micro-chap, 'no sharp things' can be found in NAILED. She is an MFA candidate at the University of Pittsburgh where she consumes unholy amounts of cheese and dumplings. Peruse her work on her website-- gracegegilbert.com.