This may be another lesson in the efficacy of not telling too much of the story. I keep wanting to know more, like how old the narrator is now, and what happened? But none of the specifics are really necessary because the point that comes booming across the canyon is that Mom is definitely not fine, though she'd die before she gave way to her distress.
A delightful and fascinating piece, this is one of several I don't recognize from the workshop. But if the writer is who I'm guessing it is, many of the blanks may emerge in other poems.
Carol
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