"At My Stepmother's Deathbed, Twice" by Jimmy Pappas

[Jimmy]

In this poem I refer to two paintings. They are shown at the site: Ekphrastic Review. One thing though, the paintings should have been shown in the opposite order. If you read the poem, you will see what I mean.

https://www.ekphrastic.net/ekphrastic...

[Ruth]

This is what scares the shit out of me.

[Jimmy]

Extraordinary efforts to keep people alive are just not always necessary.

[Ruth]

Exactly. We are kinder to pets than people.