[the Writing of Kuypers]
it’s been months now
I mean, I’m young for this to happen
my husband is forty four,
people don’t expect their mothers to die
so I’ve been sitting here for months
and then I think of my friend Brian,
and then I think of my friend Carol, my age,
so I’m left confused
am I too young for this,
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So I’m Left Confused
08/17/06
that I’ve known my mother’s intentions
and I know she’s going to die
and I’ve been having to get used to that
my brother is nineteen years older than me
he’s fifty five, and his mother is dying
and his mother is doing just fine
when they’re only in their thirties, do they?
bracing myself for the inevitable
thinking I’m so out of place here
I’m too young for this
the man I just married to his bride in Seattle
and he’s maybe a year older than me
and his father passed away
and her father dies when she was very young
and her mother died a few years ago
am I the odd one out
or do people’s mothers die
at any age?
or does it always tear you apart
no matter what age you are?
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