________________to water these plants
__into companions. This,
_______________________________a plot on which I’ve stood before, ________________wishing to attend
______________________to a thing that depends,
______________________or else,
__perishes.

__Even at my most powerless,
__________I’ve killed often:

____________________________________insects__________for being,
____________________________________and grasses, pulled viciously

____________________________________________like hair from a scalp.

When I flew out to see my friend
for the last time,
I booked a hotel room
________and opened the fridge.

________I remarked plainly to the bed
______________________that I’d never been emptier,
______________________then took sips from a small insult of wine.

This is not the same grief.

The loon takes off and the bed
________is just a bed. Here, or back there.