I notice when you’re gone. With you not being there I notice your unbeing, with you still being a being in time but not my space.

“Where was I last night? I don’t remember myself. I mean I remember me—I didn’t …”

“Show me how to lactate, and I’ll be the best mother a father could be.”

“A blanket could be used to battle the cold, but not battle an army with swords,…”

“A blanket could be used as a tarp to cover an outdoor swimming pool the size of…”