in austria it is thought
women should take up as little space as possible
aunt kathy is hooked up to like
a million machines
cause her lungs collapsed
and i mean really we all know
she is going to die
and everyone is throwing around
i'll pray for ...
while everyone is smoking
and saying "if only she took better care of herself"
and i can't stand it
but
to be fair
i am so tuned out these days
its like
when i said it was ok
like right now
which
is not ok though
i might even be bored
isn't that the worst thing
kathy would take pictures of the rows of crab apple trees
that lined the path between the houses
on the family property
and send them to me come spring
cause when i was 7 i wrote her a letter
telling her the tree
in our front yard bloomed
and it reminded me of how
her hair smells
it's still framed in her hallway
by the blue bathroom
with the porcelain goose
with the polka dot bow
she always took up lots of space
it seems the worst thing
to keep her tongue
pressed down
by a thick tube
and her hands
laced in with needles
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