Her

Ann brings me closer to death
She fell
And broker her hip.
The surgery left an ugly mark on her leg.
She repeatedly asks what happened,
Why she hurts.

Ann is fat.
She can't remember how much she's
Eaten.
So she eats
And eats. Like a dog.
Until you take …

Rhythm

But only breathe.
You have a relatively
limited understanding of that
which has caused my chest to rise and fall.
Once I played for you
and you in me
A rhythm all our own as we were one.
I alone witnessed your first meal.
Tiny lips and fingers searching my …