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In New York City when it

was both hot and humid,

In the crumbled corner of

Lexon Hill Hospital.

Born with blood

incompatibility and jaundice.

In my extra week in the

yellow hospital I cried.

My mother made the bed

beside the curtains.

In Hoboken under the sheets,

a scrap of a blanket.

Slept with each night

at age thirty-four.
-Hannah

How many times have been spent together
Walking up toward Columbus Circle
I recall stopping, you wanted to get
Vanilla frozen yogurt with peanuts

Passing FA0 Schwarz you licked the cone
He took a big bite without asking you
Talking closely, quietly together
No need to say you were truly happy

At the bottom of Central Park gather
Tourists and horses with their carriages
Flashes as photographs capture the time
All in black, quietly you'll always stand

In my memory of this far-gone day
There's really no reason to remember
-KM