Lessons in letting go: poems

Lesson 1: the prerequisites.

Monday.

Litle sister.

The holding.

Ice cream requiem.

Lesson 2: the curriculum.

A sort of surprise.

The taking over.

Forest.

At 9 weeks.

At 10 weeks.

The particular sadness of onions.

Requiem for a lost childhood.

3 a.m. in Buffalo.

At 11 weeks.

The final form.

What follows.

Be patient.

At 12 weeks.

Lesson 3: the final examination.

Impersonal events.

Epiphanies over tea.

Integration.

Expansion.

Gratitude.