CT Scan

like snow flakes falling, maybe,
or ice particles avalanching off a rocky slope

hard to see the husband-father under skin
after Iraqi earth and rocks imbedded his face, neck, all around his eyes

easy to believe this 3-D image,
medical photography to peer inside a damaged body

but I see a wife
wondering how to understand her husband's face,
knowing a rock still rests
against his carotid artery, after passing through his throat