The temperatures in Europe
broke records yesterday
for the third straight year.
The news reported
a three-year-old locked himself
in the family car and died.
His Dad was gardening.
His Mother was napping.
Whose fault could this
possibly be?
~ Laura C. Lipmann
Laura C. Lippman is a retired family practice physician and poet. Her two collections of poetry, The Catastrophist’s Daughter and My Radioactive Heart have just been released by Bookhouse Publishers. They can be ordered through your local bookstore or through her website. Her work was also included in Jeanie Okimoto’s collection of Vashon poets’ work, Grief Age Love, Poems for the Autumn Years.
