Does my roommate have a fever?
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I hope I’ll get to die of my cancer.
Long enough not to die alone.
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Will I see my brother?
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Wondering how my mother. My mother. My phone number.
I know we spoke. This morning but. She can’t. Should I?
We should. I shouldn’t. Can you call?
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Did you see the president?
He found a cure.
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Are you my daughter?
I knew you’d come.
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It’s not the same as holding them.
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You will. You can. Oh, if you could. Please.
Please, I wouldn’t ask.
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I hope the baby remembers.
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I bottle fed one calf until it could graze on its own.
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I fed my dad by hand. Otherwise.
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If,
Eileen Cleary earned an MFA at Lesley University and is a candidate for a second MFA at Solstice. She co-founded the Lilly Salon of Needham and is a recent Pushcart nominee. Her work is published or forthcoming at Apeiron, Naugatuck River Review, The Main Street Rag and The American Journal of Poetry.
