bassinet

do you see do you remember when you saw your baby brother dead in the bassinet saw the quiet mouth of white lace freeze around him saw the mother approaching smiling then seeing then shaking then the movement towards panic and the hospital oh see oh remember the cat's body frozen in the night still and with his mouth wide open and you suddenly knew everyone everyone was leaving you going to some unseeable place everyone everyone is leaving you your cat your baby brother your father your mother your lover your dog yes someday he too with his happy eyes and bad breath and you see it more clearly now than ever bending over ben the cat that there really is hardly a believable reason to keep waking up every morning your baby brother just seems to have figured it out a little sooner than you


This was written in response to the mass on September 4th.  I'm not sure that I'll be getting something written for this past week, but I will make every effort to keep up as best I can.  Thanks for reading, and as always, feel free to respond to posts old or new.