two mothers grieving their daughters’ preteen years,
their daughters that do not starve, their daughters with
steady hands, surgeon daughters, precise and seeking,
daughters before cell phones and roaming
pain. daughters with strong legs and lungs, daughters
who are runners. two mothers with cave chests.
two women too weak to hold their heads up in the steam
with their dizzy lungs. one woman buried
and one woman buries the memory in coma
comma one woman remembers remembers
remembers this daughter remembers and it is
harder to breathe in the shower, after, and for a long time.