Telemachus’ Detachment

When I was a child looking

at my parents’ lives, you know

what I thought? I thought

heartbreaking. Now I think

heartbreaking, but also

insane. Also

very funny.

This poem appeared in Poems 1962-2012 by Louise Glück, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

10.09.2026

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