One man dug into the last seat
as though to disappear
& I didn’t know my husband was dying
Lovers returned to conversation
left mid-sentence and who
was real or imagined
Just say goodbye—
& I...
Jeffrey’s stepson, Arnold, is missing. Probably just at a friend’s or off playing somewhere, but they’re worried. The little shit is forever threatening to run away from home.
Audrey calls...
Dear Person You Think You Are
Ask the person you think you are
if she needs to lie down on this couch,
still firm after so many children
threw themselves into it until...
The elevated
words of sorrow
the priest says
in the church
seem to comfort
some whose losses
are private
and probably immeasurable.
If you pour a beer
into the evening surf,
nobody smells
the alcohol
half a minute later
even...
