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After the First Snow Storm

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on October 24, 2022| 5 Comments »




Just when I believed
autumn would last forever
it didn’t.
Not that I really thought
the gold leaves would stay.
Not that I really believed
the warm days were endless—
but part of me wanted them to be.

And so this cold morning,
driving on ice
when I feel the slip of the wheels
as they lose traction,
the heart resonates
with the skid.

Oh, this lesson
in losing control.
Oh, this remembering
how quickly it all slides by—
the light, the warmth,
the deepening gold,
even this fleeting understanding
of how quickly
it all slides by.

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Next Chapter

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on February 21, 2017| 4 Comments »

 

 

 

Mom, she says, Stop crying.

She’s embarrassed for me.

 

I can’t stop. After three hours

of snuggling on the green couch,

 

we are nearing the end of our book,

where the silverback gorilla

 

and the baby elephant say goodbye

to the girl who has helped them

 

leave their cages. It is not

the farewell that makes me weep,

 

though that, too, but the way

that the girl and the gorilla

 

share a passion for art. It’s so good,

I say to my girl between sniffs,

 

it’s so rare and so good to find someone

who really understands you.

 

She looks at me as if she will never

comprehend how such a thing

 

could make someone cry.

My tears land on the end of the chapter,

 

leaving a wet trail I don’t

expect her to follow, not yet,

 

her small hand already

pushing on mine to turn the page.

 

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How It Goes On

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on August 4, 2016| 1 Comment »

 

 

 

Mom, he says, his voice

an arrow of frustration,

you just don’t understand.

 

I know, I say, I don’t understand.

But that is not the kind

of understanding he wants.

 

Someday he will tell a therapist

how I mocked him. She will

make a note in his file

 

and say to him, I know,

I understand, and he will

nod, certain that she does.

 

 

 

 

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