The Triumph of Achilles by Louise Glück
“Always in these friendships / one serves the other, one is less than the other” — Louise Glück
The Raincoat by Ada Limón
“I never / asked her what she gave up to drive me, / or how her day was before this chore.” — Ada Limón
Sunrise by Mary Oliver
"Call it // whatever you want, it is / happiness, it is another one / of the ways to enter / fire." — Mary Oliver
Quarantine by Eavan Boland
“But her feet were held against his breastbone. / The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her.” — Eavan Boland