As we sit poolside, warm
Sun on our toes
Mama feeling her Fentanyl patch
I'm blessed for another day
Thank you
I spoke
Your dying has
Taught me everything
About the Author
Amy Koenen took a 25-year gap year before becoming a student at Selkirk College. She dreams of writing in cafés across Italy, works that might one day even be worthy of publication. Originally from Edmonton, Kelowna and now Castlegar, she hopes to become a citizen of the world.