—for Kate
Where are you going I said
and she said I’m going
to look for a book
and I said what kind
of book? A book on
PERFECTIONISM
she said and I said
make sure you get
the right one—
which brought forth
such perfect laughter
from her perfect heart.
John Brehm is the author of Sea of Faith, which won the 2004 Brittingham Prize. His book Help Is On the Way is forthcoming from University of Wisconsin Press. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Read more about John Brehm here.