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Buttonhook

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2015

Karen Hurley
Karen Hurley*
Affiliation:
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Teachers College–Columbia University, New York, New York
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to Karen Hurley, 274 Madison Avenue, Suite 1500, New York, New York. E-Mail: karenhurley@hushmail.com
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Poetry/Fiction
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Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 14 , Issue 3 , June 2016 , pp. 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

Buttonhook

For MB 1961–2015

Buttonhook down the row
Of all that keeps you standing
On the bedroom floor,
Skirt hitched,
Before the mirror of
Imperfect loves.
Faces fade
To silky indifference,
Each soul slipped
From what you knew about them.
All your life you depended on gravity
To hold you fast on spinning ground—
When time steals past its earthly drag,
Will that also feel like home?