< maybe one less lawyer >
ray heinrich
“wasn’t she the lawyer?”
my first thought
waking
not remembering
the headline
the story
lost now
probably re-cycled
i brush my teeth
and shower
and try to find some clean socks
“mother of five dies in car accident”
she lived
three blocks away
i met her a few years ago
when one of my dogs ran off
and a few more times
at the supermarket
surrounded by kids
and sometimes a husband
a lawyer?
one of them was