my lost daughter’s birthday here again
what can I say I’ve not already said
write what I’ve not already written
think what’s not already thought
forget what can’t be forgotten ?
I could write about other lost children
though – lost at walls lost in cages
in plane wrecks car wrecks home
wrecks – I could but it’s too painful
2019 Jacqueline Jackson
This article appears in Far from home.
