Turned out she was in the ER.
She claimed it was food poisoning.
Poor little Donald hadn’t had
a bite to eat all day except for a candy
cane a sympathetic nurse gave him.
You’d think a nurse would know better.
I didn’t understand until I watched
him bounce off the walls all night.
Kristina came over the next
morning. Spent Christmas Day, and
I mean all day, on her cell phone,
talking to Ron, who was already out of jail.
Mom stewed big-time. She’s using
again. Six years clean for what?
I overheard her tell Dad. I thought
she was wrong. Turned out she was spot
on. The ER visit was bad dope.
And Kristina was pregnant with David.
MOM WAS ANGRIER THEN
Is anger something
you can outgrow?
Can anyone do it
with practice? Dad Maybe it’s a gender
has never quite thing. I think I take
mastered the talent. after Dad, carrying
anger like he does,
tight in my muscles,
unable to quite let go.
I don’t feel like I’m
mad most of the time,