Mother
April 2011
The final months of Patrick’s life
my mother tried to make me eat. Enticed
with plates of homemade pasta, green pesto,
whole wheat rolls yeasty and
warm in the centre,
peanut butter on salted crackers,
coconut curry, and once,
a whole chocolate cheesecake
with raspberry drizzle.
I tried to eat. A few bites
in and everything tasted
like…