“what is poetry, how can I even think of meter, metaphor, as you lie dying, swollen & agonized in your pretty gown”

“. . . I understand that I was writing (recording) as well as seeking to right (to rectify) the wrong, and now, as I retell the tale, I realize that ‘I am still at the same subject’ still engaged in the same fearful and fierce activity–writing and seeking to right a mortal wrong. (86-87)”

“my grief followed you a whimpering spaniel”

“If (or rather when) you move to death, you’ll learn its language through the educational process known as total immersion. (7)”

“Why write wrong if the writing won’t right the wrong? (90)”

“Because she couldn't knit she just crocheted”

“till cancer gobbled Bob's esophagus”