Holding On
To a life played out in clips
2 min readOct 14, 2020
“You can come
and pick her up now,”
the receptionist says
over the phone.
We take the short drive
to the vet’s —
shortened further
by my state of mind.
MaryKeatingpoet.com Lawyer, disability advocate, Wheelchair rider. Published in SFWP, Sixfold, Scribes Micro Fiction (Poetry Editor). 2x Pushcart nominee.