outliving the rest of them is most likely never easy
one way or another they drop off over the years
some losses are far easier to take than others
it is outrageous to say so but it’s the truth
mother early father late brother lately
sisters older and frail but still here
one thing about keeping count
like this is you drift into the
error that as keeper of
this kind of list you
can forget
you and
others
who
are
not
of the
blood
add
to
it
too