The difference between
him and his mother
is God believes in his mother.
He says he is not his mother
but he conceives of the dead
the way his mother does at sixty;
his dreams glance
to the rear and flanks
****(where danger waits)
and his ear hears: it hurts.
****“Your father likes this dish.
****Why you’re not coming home?
****Why my four boys
****are the smartest boys in the world
****and can’t help me?”
The difference between
him and his brothers
is his brothers believe in his mother.
– Netanel Schwartz is a senior in Timothy Dwight College.