Now you know

 

You can cry while
running but it’s best
to just breathe when
your disappearing father
shits himself again
in long term care.

And you can laugh
at the squirrel’s antics even
with earth from the
cat’s grave still fresh
beneath your nails.

Now you know
the finest prayer you
will ever offer is sweet
warm water to
the startled hummingbird

whose ruby throat pulses
wildly in sudden snow.

 

 

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