for David Rowan
My son-in-law, addiction counselor,
tells me to give the unhoused nothing when they ask.
I grace their palms anyway. It gives me hope.
We don’t know how many friends may die tonight
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for David Rowan
My son-in-law, addiction counselor,
tells me to give the unhoused nothing when they ask.
I grace their palms anyway. It gives me hope.
We don’t know how many friends may die tonight
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