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Jean Mikhail's avatar

Wow… so sad and so true

Lisa Zimmerman's avatar

What a grim poem. I mean, just wow.

Amanda W Powell's avatar

Also wow—I had one of those dads, pretty much. Congratulations on getting it said.

BJ Lillis's avatar

Damn. This is a gem.

Annie Stenzel's avatar

wow ... brilliant! one of those rare "I must read this again the minute I finish reading it the first time" poems. I would gesture at a favorite phrase, but that would be to do an injustice to the other amazing phrases. Grateful to Ann Lauinger (and to SWWIM, one of my fave lit mags) for this very timely piece.