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Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen
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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Reflections on My Daughter Graduating


She sat among them-the mothers she had known for years. She had seen them at school events, awards ceremonies, field trips, parties since her daughter had started school, over twelve years ago now.  She glanced over their faces, as familiar to her as her own, and smiled as she thought, “Damn, I hate these bitches.”