Saturday, February 06, 2010

before leaving

Don't be so weak
she said

Weakness
broken down by someone
so
broken
down

Her slack body had wept
in my open arms
so I carried
her emptiness and
the men

his cigarettes
and black coffee
after dinner

his two children
suddenly
ours

my father
torn from photos
told to me in vignettes

Tonight I understand

I slip
into my own arms
tend quietly
to my own loss
alone

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