“Lessons”

“Lessons” by Stephanie McCarley Dugger begins:

I rest my hand on your ribcage,
feel the fist-size tumor.  I should

have loved you better.  To shift
a moment here or there

would recreate us, change
perhaps even this.  [continue reading]

Also by Stephanie McCarley Dugger at Heron Tree: “First Syrup, On Making Molasses.” You can read or re-read it here.