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perfect

once when i was in florida
visiting mom and dad
(i think it was a sunday)
mom asked me,
“what do you want for dinner
tuesday?”

and i thought,
i don’t know what i want
for dinner
tonight, or even if i want
to eat, much less
what i want for dinner
two days from now

i wanted to tell her
to relax,
not to worry about me,
and i thought,
there she goes again
making sure
everything is perfect


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Published in her book Close Cover Before Striking, read (for future audio CD release) 06/28/11 on WZRD radio, from the main camera
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video 06/26/11 of the majority of the WZRD radio show with her reading poetry (including this poem) from the main camera


the book Close Cover Before Striking the book The Beauty and the Destruction