I think my eyes are just dry
but it happens more
when I reread your letter
of goodbye
or sit on the stoop
and the best sunset ever dies
over the distant hills
or see Breakfast at Tiffany's
for the umpteenth time
my eyes got real
dry the other day
when my sweet little kitty
I saw her born
saved her from drowning in a
mop bucket
brought her in after she  was mauled by a dog
gave birth and took to it
like it was not the first time
instinct is a *****
and someday
gonna find the gene
that makes me cry
like a *****
and turn it off