It’s been a rough month
Our resident wolf,
ambassador of love,
felled by his own heart,
laid his life down
at the feet of Kwan Yin
My mother died…
almost…
again
center stage
more than the girl in her
ever dreamed
My daughter
draggled home
her heart in her knapsack
in two or three pieces
"Mommy!" she says
I have a cancer
intending on ending
me
but for
an educated knife
Every hour repeats,
our beloved dog died,
left us bereft
of wildness,
bewildered by the quiet
of a hollow house
There is no tendon in the heart,
nothing to tweak history
into poetic justice;
no connective tissue
bending love into longevity;
and no good dog goes to heaven
(this is his last lecture)
You are who you are;
a bone is a bone;
a heart is a heart.
Farewell, fairest moment
I loved you
forever