Thanksgiving Weekend 2012
Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd
Another wave of sickness strikes. Iโm on my knees over the master bath toilet. Orange-and-brown bile fills water and stains the porcelain rim, along with the painted walls and freshly-washed tile.
Blackness. A slow awakening, questions. How did I get here? Why did I wake up in Dadโs bed?
All I know for sure is the sickness. And the company Iโve abandoned.
brittle leaves
covering the yard
early departures
November 23rd
Grass has grown full and green over Dadโs grave. The monument looks as new as the first day I saw it last summer.
Mom, Rob and I stare in silence. Itโs her anniversary โ the first without him. She hasnโt shed a tear today โyet.
leafless maples
Interstate traffic noise
drones on
first published in Image Curve, December 3, 2015
photograph byย Annie Spratt
Frank J. Tassone 
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