Footnote: Metamorphosis

As my mother's last
illness progressed, her neighbors
and my cousins, too,
became vultures, drawn to the
smell of wealth in bank accounts.

Kyakuchuu

[jlc]

Author's Notes/Comments: 

For you, L.M., and also for you, L.B. (hey, cuz!)---your lack of subtlety would be obvious to even a kindergartner.

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