The Sand Hill Review               http://www.sandhillreview.org 2009

Winners & Losers

Philip Seymour Hoffman thanked his, who’d raised 4 children alone and took him to his first play, and an Argentinian winner thanked “mi madre.” One beauty tripped and Lauren Bacall, maybe 2 years my senior, walked very slowly and couldn’t find words on the screen or in her mind. I sat in my stressless chair worrying about my numb feet. Why do I want to live. Don’t ask questions like that. 2 fat ladies block the frozen foods aisle, I go around them, grab brown rice, live. Birds because it’s just about spring but my loser Japanese maple may never get leaves. I’ll say it: I don’t want to be the one thanked, I want to be the one thanking.

Phyllis Koestenbaum