All that you taught me

Our Antonella tells it how it is

For years I didn’t know why he was slipping away Now I do, I’m fighting back

ONE OF THE MOST GRIMLY FUNNY POEMS OF the past century is Philip Larkin’s “This Be the Verse,” with its opening salvo about how our parents invariably mess us up. Larkin used a saltier word for “mess,

I’ve lived in fear of Dad’s mystery killer for decades. Now it’s their turn to be scared

I always felt like something was missing

SARAH DITUM