Category: grief
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To a friend with a dying cat
I would tell you about a free kitten given to us when we were poor it got leukemia Cost us all kinds of money we didn’t have and the damn cat died anyway But you don’t want to hear about our expensive, free cat so I won’t tell you how Even though it was sick…
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The dust behind my refrigerator
Trying to find my way back into a dream I slept in this morning Mom was trying to contact me from her grave Laying on the guilt Something about deep cleaning the kitchen for the holidays But my father kept calling out “Alice, that boy never listens leave him alone and come to bed” 12-18-19
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Insomnia
In the middle of the night it is worse – everything is quiet you feel rain on the roof smell dry leaves rustle in trees hear musty spores propagate in the yard outside your door You sit on the edge of your bed trying to calm the swirling feels that keep you awake at night…
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Oyster dressing
A daughter and a son sisters and brothers Nieces and nephews and assorted in-laws Will gather at noon with dishes of old family recipes At my baby sister’s house and I will not be there Never again will I pray over turkey with oyster dressing and pumpkin pie Never again will I watch mom taste…
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The Gleaning
This morning I heard ….I heard a friend A friend got his miracle …..His miracle a lung A lung from someone …..Someone with a family A family who loved and prayed …..Prayed for a miracle A miracle of more time …..Time to love just a bit Just a bit more time …..Time to love just…
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Coaching Soccer on Elysium Fields
I still think of you and wonder if I had been home when you came by and if we had talked, things might be different but I wasn’t home and we never spoke Last night, I watched an artist paint a skeleton face on pavement at a street festival and had to leave because you…
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