FRIENDS
She was a bright student, Phi Beta Kappa. Married before graduation. Has her first child six months later. Three more children follow in rapid
succession. She moves to a New England
Coastal town and writes that she is happy.
She, with husband and children, move to Florence where he
continues his art studies.
She writes that she is happy.
Upon their return she teaches high school English and writes
that she is not happy.
She and the children move to a commune in California where
she grows vegetables, bakes bread, has a lover, changes her name to Sunflower
and writes that she is happy.
dried
roses
arranged in a vase
for a second life
Lynx, 2011
