The Bad Enough Mother: A Defense
Jessica MichalofskyA literary defense of bad mothering; a phenomenological (in the broad sense) exploration of drugs, hope, and other forms of magical thinking; an apology to my son Aubrey and anyone who uses drugs
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Own good
if they tell me it’s bad, I’ll think about it / it’s the good I’m worried about
a good boss / a good fellow / a good guy / a good opportunity / a good job / a good talking to / a good licking
chipped tooth / smashed mirror / bent nail /...
I crank
He had a crank problem, so I stayed home from work and took him to the crank place, where we sat on hard plastic chairs and waited till his name was called; I didn’t know it then, but all that would transpire would be the passing of a piece...
Dad’s 1974 Grand Marquis
I want a heart like Dad’s 1974 Grand Marquis. Spacious as a raft, elegant as a tub. Dull brown, but the chocolate kind.
I want all of us inside. Grandma, Great Uncle Howard (who’d been to the war), my younger brothers, Aunt Pat (who was n...
ABC gum
High summer, and I’m searching for you in my heart. In the evenings, people go out into the treed streets with their children. Dogs are happy. Strawberry ice cream drips down your hand and into my heart.
In the park, jugglers, swingers, fo...
Shelter
In the last days of my son’s life, he told me he was constructing a shelter in the forest.
You tell me that wealth will solve all our problems, but what it seems to be doing is creating people who hate poor people.
Private property sits o...
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Writer, runner, rabble-rouser, grieving parent
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