Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.
It seemed better to delay thinking.
Most people are not ready for death, theirs or anybody elses.
unless the sun inside you is burning your gut, don't do it
it is all ash and dry leaves and grief gone like an ocean liner.
I'll use the knives for spreading jam, and the gas to warm my greying love.