Newborn Diagnostics

August 10, 2013

Home is where the heart breaks,

stinking like wine and sorry for yourself.

Youth is a lack of grace,

tiny cripple-body growing into

fists and fits of sleepless nights.

Your eyes remained the same

they just dulled

with each mountain winter.

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