I found out about the cancer at Bee’s first birthday party.

It was an accident, and who can blame him?
My father was visibly beside himself
So I asked.
He answered.

That’s how I found out,
But you know how it is.
I already kind of knew.

This year,
This year,
Was a year of gains and losses, alright.
More than any other year, I think.
Gains and losses.

How do you measure, measure a year?
My mother is alive.

Happy New Year.