Family Gathering

By Karen Wolf

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I watch for the missing

thread woven through the

tapestry of your, I parred the

first hole…, so I can fill that

space with a perfect

affirmation of your poetry

a veritable

completion of your piece—

proof of

listening, a back

patting, a please

continue signal despite

your failure, dear brother-

in-law, to give

a crap about my rescue

efforts of a red-tailed

hawk.