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Zywa Dec 2023
Dad drinks Mama's wine,

thinking of the old days, when --


they drank together.
(Last stanza of the) poem "At the River" (2009, Louise Glück)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"
Zywa Dec 2023
I do as I like,

Mum stays calm, I don't know if --


I even exist.
Poem "Telemachus' Guilt" (1996, Louise Glück)

Collection "Unseen"
Zywa Dec 2023
The ecstatic heart-

brake in that opera song --


while we're having ***.
Poem "The Balcony" (2000, Louise Glück)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"
Zywa Dec 2023
When we say goodbye,

my waving hand trembles, but --


father doesn't notice.
Poem "Terminal Resemblance" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Em Brace"
Zywa Dec 2023
They can be loving:

father talks to the dog and --


my son lures the cat.
Poem "Children Coming Home From School" - 2 (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Em Brace"
Zywa Dec 2023
Upon your death, friends

unanimously agree --


on your character.
Poem "Lament" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Over"
Zywa Dec 2023
Love me, so leave me

alone, there is no place here --


but for me, you see.
Puberty
Poem "Animals" (1990, Louise Glück)

Collection "Wean Di"
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