My son brings me a stone and asks
which star it fell from.He is serious
and so I must be careful,
even though I know he will place it
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Inheritance
My father is made
of dust and intelligence.
...
He is sitting next to her.
The firmness of her thigh is pressed against his.
There is no light between them.
...
My father used few words.
He moved fearless
from task to task as if
they were meals to be eaten.
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Na Trang
My brother straps on his webbing, his belt,
his canteen, sidearm... gone
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Things My Son Told Me
for Gabriel
Dad, I like you... I don't kiss you very much
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Laredo,1945
Mums is sleeping.
All the sentences she diagrammed
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