You'll feel different in the morning.

IN FLORIDA THERE ARE HURRICANES

I called my dad

because it started raining hard

and Alabama was shaking in my arms 

to say

"well, it's been nice knowing you"

we talked about my mother out shopping at target, or, because of the hour, seeing her boyfriend

I said I wanted to get in one more game of spades before the end

anxious to get back

to his own head, televised escape, the comfort of his chair

he rushed me off the phone

but in love, and in light of the apocalypse, he said

"allright daughter, it's been real"