Talking To My Son Before Sleep by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
"I want to be buoyant enough / to carry all of love’s weight." — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
A Little Tooth by Thomas Lux
"And you, / your wife, get old, flyblown, and rue / nothing." – Thomas Lux
Godzilla in Mexico by Roberto Bolaño
"We’re human beings, my son, almost birds, / public heroes and secrets." — Roberto Bolaño