Approaching getting louder
Listening from other rooms
to half answers half heard about school
I close my eyes, think of trees
and husband my fathering opinions.
I can ignore a car backfiring,
the curdling screams of bleeding cats,
the helicopter throbbing overhead,
but news about her hard day
or planned family outings
sends me readying. Listen.
My ringing ears hear gasoline drip
in every mothering voice.
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