sleepless and selfless
I smile at her
smiling at the baby
smiling
sleepless . . .
the baby’s age
in days
children’s ICU–
a tissue box beside
the pay phone
not dead roses
she corrects me
. . . dried
John Stevenson from Some of the Silence
(Red Moon Press,1999)
“#1mom” potluck
No Punditry Today: Finally got my priorities straight – I’m heading to
Rochester, NY, to see Mama G. (catch her here in 1950 with Your Editor
and that other kid who also wanted her attention).
