Care
1 min readApr 2, 2020
She leaves for work
Early in the morning
But lately, with some foreboding
Her job is to care
For us and for strangers
Who arrive in large numbers
So I shudder
When the door shutters
Behind her
Former presidential speechwriter, still a musician; owns a bakery, loves her dog. Tries to write more prose than poetry. Filipina from Manila.