MARY KAY CASEY

Mary Kay Casey has lived in Iowa since 1956, residing in Des Moines for the last thirty years. She is a member of a salon, a gathering of poetry lovers who meet monthly to read verse that has captured them, to share the discovery of a new poet, and, at times, to read original poetry of its members. She works for a local hospice organization as a bereavement and volunteer coordinator. This poem is the result of an annoyance with the habit of a visiting friend, the annoyance taking on a more universal question about why we do what we do.