though delighted

to see me,

I sense

your ambivalence.

will you not ever

forgive

my transgression?

she fell a week ago today

broke her pelvis

doc says she dodged a bullet

could have been worse

87-years-old and a wasted life

she resists efforts

to rehabilitate

to ensure proper hydration

negativity begets negativity

her modus operandi

hard to muster any sympathy

though he knows

for his brother’s sake

that he must