and sometimes I stand
corrected.
She tried to see
the fading good in me.
I showed her a photo
of my brother.
The dog is dead
but we're going to keep it;
maybe have it bronzed.
It takes a certain strength
to pour wine down the drain
without a stubborn sip
to confirm that it has soured.
The Pacific's a puddle
in relation to her depths.
Ask a man with shaking face
since surely he has plumbed them.
And now, eight years too late
to matter to either of us
I see why she preferred to walk the woods alone.
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