slaked
raze
he
sweeps
his
son's
legs
out
from
under
him
and
watches
him
fall
face
-first
onto
a
picnic
table
.
the
boy's
mother
comforts
him
while
he
cries.
she
speaks
of
cuts
and
boosts
and
watches
you
unscrew
the
bald bulb
that
hangs
above
an
untended
toilet
.
between
the
plush
seats
of
a
theatre
i
find
a
woman
you
once
loved
.
only
her
ears
show
her
age
.
she
starts
to
say
something
about
a
september
you
spent
here
together
before
i
was
born
but
trails
off
,
too
tied
up
in
the
memory
to
move
it
from
her
mouth
to
my
mind
.
she
smiles
when
she
sees
you
.
there's
a
question
she
wanted
to
ask
.
she
can't
remember
what
it
was
.
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who
go
blather
from