“As I saw it,
all my mother's life, my father
held her down, like
lead strapped to her ankles.
She was
buoyant by nature;
she wanted to travel,
go to the theater, go to museums.
What he wanted
was to lie on the couch
with the Times
over his face,
so that death, when it came,
wouldn't seem a significant change.”
― Ararat
all my mother's life, my father
held her down, like
lead strapped to her ankles.
She was
buoyant by nature;
she wanted to travel,
go to the theater, go to museums.
What he wanted
was to lie on the couch
with the Times
over his face,
so that death, when it came,
wouldn't seem a significant change.”
― Ararat
“They sat far apart
deliberately, to experience, daily,
the sweetness of seeing each other across
great distance.”
― Poems, 1962-2012
deliberately, to experience, daily,
the sweetness of seeing each other across
great distance.”
― Poems, 1962-2012
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