In a past life              I was not defined by his death.…                                  I was not rerouted like a plane through                                      Charlotte.…                                  I was part of a “nuclear family,” the phrasing                                      of which appears first in 1924 as “the nuclear                                      family complex.”…                                  I did not have a complex.…                                  I smiled for the camera.…                                  Love accumulated like debt—mindless, habit- […]

Original source: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2024/04/04/intention-to-return-callie-siskel/