from the hospital, I heard him cry<\/p>\n
and lifted him from his bed<\/p>\n
and brought him into ours,<\/p>\n
and after his mother had fed him,<\/p>\n
I rested him on my chest,<\/p>\n
which rose and fell with him<\/p>\n
until daylight.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
And when I brought him home<\/p>\n
from the hospital again,<\/p>\n
after the social worker persuaded him<\/p>\n
to let her call me, and after he told me<\/p>\n
he thought he was ready to quit<\/p>\n
using, I was afraid he might<\/p>\n
sneak away in the night,<\/p>\n
so I had him sleep beside me,<\/p>\n
where all night long I heard<\/p>\n
his labored breath, felt,<\/p>\n
his legs beat against the sheets:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
that sparrow, stunned<\/p>\n
by the window\u2019s false sky,<\/p>\n
trembling in my hands,<\/p>\n
catching its breath until<\/p>\n
it fluttered and flew away.<\/p>\n
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