WOLF CRIES —

no one came to save her

but it wasn't the first time
she made threats

she was likable 

and persuasive
even talked me

off a ledge once

made me supper

at her place

but

no one came to save her
and she asked forgiveness

from God in her last words

i keep seeing her 

at the edge of the dock 

howling and wailing

waiting for someone 

to show up and 

help her fight

in the end though

no one came to save her
but three-hundred people 

cried at her wake

sang amazing grace

myself among them

DEAD AT 46 —

an apparent suicide
but I wasn't there when
she drowned in the lake

and I wasn't there
before that either

Kate was 25 when we met
funny, strong and sometimes
lovely she was hard to handle

I slept next to her once
she was hot and cold all night

pain and beauty in her wake

a tenacious

strong swimmer