Monday, December 30, 2019

ONE DAY

by grace paley from fidelity

one day
one of us
will be lost
to the other

this has been
talked about but
lightly    turning
away    shyness  this
business of con-
fronting the
preference for
survival

my mother said    the
children are grown   we
are both so sick    let us
die together    my father
replied     no no   you
will be well   he lied

of course i
want you in the world
whether i’m in it or
not    your spirit
i probably mean
there is always
something to say    in
the end    speaking
without breath    one
of us will be lost
to the other

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