comes over unexpectedly
her arrival a herald of her heavy confidence.
When a doctor made her next knee
out of metal and socket,
I left a bag with chocolate,
a magazine, a note scrawled out hastily in her driveway
with portents of get well soon, keep occupied,
nurse your new joint like it were your own.
She, of all, knows how—adopted a son
who [...]
the Nixionary
Observations, Obsessions.
