Deceased years

He lived between 1821 to 1867,
Those nights hang on parapet

As deceased years in balcony
Smelling detergent in a wash.

So much a sun has dried them
With heartbreaks in a vapour.

It was a deceased’s reflection
A body calling itself Charles.

Recall bodies named, in years
Their washed out heartbreaks,

Bodies named, then cancelled,
Hanging as deceased history.