Her Words Were Grave

I choose to read by the light
Of those dead in the flesh, life

Left in the glow from a corpse.
Does corpse sound not so nice? Core,

Then, same thing. There are some cores
That do glow a bit past death.

I think I read squid do this,
Or some kinds of squid. That works.

Ink comes from squids. If you write
From your core, you’re like a squid,

And what you wrote might glow nights
Once you go. If so, I’ll know.