We all have our own diseases... Old men hunched over crumpled magazines, I'm smoking marijuana alone again.
Reason for writing:
I wrote this poem when my mother was in the hospital. It was the first time I ever saw her be weak. The finest illusion of childhood is the thought that your mom is invincible, & it was hard to let that go.
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