Sitting by myself on the balcony at the Asa Wright

As I dwell on the recent death of my oldest

The three years from 2013 to 2016 were the worst

When I was sixteen, I found myself unexpectedly pregnant. It’s

“Life without hope is like a bathroom without soap,” our

She came in to the clinic without an appointment.

She

When I imagine an orphan, I see a curly-haired moppet

“I’m a fool,” Jack Kerouac writes in Visions of Cody,