how to respond to the letter
and without much thinking
had drifted into strategizing war
“for god’s sakes, Tony!” Marie said
“she’s still our daughter!”
he looked at his wife in surprise
she was, wasn’t she? their daughter
he wondered how long he had nursed
this bitterness toward her
then remembered
she had been fifteen
had put on her ice skates and left
while his fingers still fumbled his laces
she called to her friends
and disappeared among them
and he was left lonely and old
at the edge of the pond
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