I loved you before you were born, have waited for you to be born, went to that café today waiting for you to sit there and order three caffè macchiatos—with just the thinnest streak of coffee—and to see me and to recognize in me, beyond the mask of my years, the man you have been expecting even before you came into this world.

an act of unfriendship to my sovereign person

A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.

I only like lamb chops with mint jelly.