{"id":1431,"date":"2017-05-21T17:55:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T17:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2017-05-22T16:22:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T16:22:55","slug":"rites-of-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=1431","title":{"rendered":"RITES OF MAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The RITES OF MAY
\nto Don DeLillo<\/p>\n

The tail end of a violent semester
\nparents rush in with their Suburbans
\na mixed bag of doubled emotions<\/p>\n

Living next to Brown I see
\nthe flying styrofoam pitched by mother
\nin a pique of anger.\u00a0 The Chinese doctor<\/p>\n

beside her fares no better, Pacman
\nmattress strapped onto his New York beemer.
\nBattered chairs, resculpted fans<\/p>\n

twisted bike frames blind, without eyes
\ncrutches,\u00a0messy Amazon boxes; wait –
\nIs this Lourdes?\u00a0 Against a wall
\nheaps of discarded crutches – the plagued can walk!<\/p>\n

Oh, the disarray of time, the leap
\nfrom melancholy autumn, sentimental
\ngoodbyes amidst the burnished elms.<\/p>\n

Separation then seemed so stark; turns out
\n(frat boys belch while pretending to help)
\nshedding wasn’t forever.<\/p>\n

Relief!\u00a0 My own sassy, long-haired girls
\nare heading home – and with curated
\ntransition will settle in.<\/p>\n

It isn’t “Sunrise, Sunset” which I played
\non the black and white upright at nine
\nfeeling sorry for the parents bereft<\/p>\n

It’s refeathering – the kids are moving
\nback in.<\/p>\n

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