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Tracy Mishkin
Zoe Means Life
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
The youngest child cannot remember her mother
before cancer. She knows how to clean
the feeding tube, she knows long division.
The father flosses, spitting blood in the sink.
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
There are signs the end will come soon.
The father remembers how the old cat’s fur
matted when she could no longer groom.
The college freshman is home in September.
The oldest thing in the house is sorrow.
But the mother will die happy, remembering
her trip to Hawaii, her daughters running
on the sand. She never gave up. When the last
stray cat arrived, she named it Zoe.
— Tracy Mishkin, from Security
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