M F Drummy is the author of numerous articles, essays, reviews, haiku, poetry, and a monograph (Being and Earth). His work has appeared or will appear in 3 Sisters, Mayfly, The Mainichi Daily Express, Worldviews, Connecticut Review, Shamrock, Sciences Religieuses, Eunoia Review, Sacred Heart University Review,Frogpond, and Allium. He and his wife of nearly 20 years enjoy splitting their time between the Colorado Rockies and the rest of the planet. He can be found at: Twitter @mdrummy56 Instagram @miguelito.drummalino Website https://bespoke-poet.com

Memoir I noticed the book on the coffee table: a paperback with an intriguing title. But it was just one of those many recent memoirs, written by a woman raised by a pair of abusive alcoholics who had somehow endured it all, more or less intact. There was a piece of paper lodged in the middle of the book with some scribbled notes on…