March Forth It’s reflex to set the fourth place. My arms move quick across the dinner table. Then I pull them back like children in danger. People don’t understand – It’s not just the Big Obvious ...
March Forth It’s reflex to set the fourth place. My arms move quick across the dinner table. Then I pull them back like children in danger. People don’t understand – It’s not just the Big ...
Spread If anyone is asking, my favorite day is March 3rd, 2020. That’s the day we were still four. That’s the day you had fizz. That’s the day your body was still buzzing. You sat ...
Sister I am not sure if we became like mothers when we lost ours, or if we always were. Lost is an appropriate word because we are always searching for her. Maybe she’s hiding, and that’s why she’s ...
Lit I hold the memorial for you at our house. Three hundred people domino up and down the stairs and the hallways. There is a white tent outside for overflow and a firepit that the kids throw soda ...
Current Location: Heaven I like that I know exactly where you are. I think you and my mom hang out and do weird things together. That pair of pigeons crapping on my deck are suspect. Those ...
The Death Certificate looks like our marriage certificate except our union is split, cleaved from me. I’m choiceless. Onset to death 2.5 hours Treatment given from onset to death 2.5 hours Paramedics arrived at 7:03am Pronounced ...
Which Bone I placed each urn and box on the white towel you used for your last shower before I lost you. I used a flat paddle spoon to scoop your ashes into each one for Your Father ...
Ash I know what you think – that it would be dark like ash from a campground, from a cigarette you shouldn’t be smoking. But it’s not a house fire. It’s matter that cannot be created nor destroyed. ...
Saltine Crackers by Amanda Latrenta Crane Women feed other women in deep grief because we forget basic needs like Food. Water. Sleep. I can’t remember if I drank the cranberry juice before or after they declared him dead ...