Kristen de Kline #60 - Not earthbound #2

Earthbound:
it's the cover of the book
that gets you in
a half torso of the man
who fell to earth

upper arms stretched high
over his face, body
splayed
across a surface (concrete? tarmac?)

an outline, blurred
etched in grey
ink tracing his limbs
like chalk ashes
at a crime scene

then there's the leaves, gliding
d
o
w
n
from the sky
caressing his body
showering him in a bed of red rose petals
as if he's walked out of a crime scene
and floated into the set of American Beauty

what's with the leaves
are they burying
his body
or kissing him
what's with the leaves