![By Viviane Sassen](https://theoffingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aryan-kamboj-jDhDMj6CSZg-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
POETRY
Dendrochronology of a Family Tree
![By Viviane Sassen](https://theoffingmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/aryan-kamboj-jDhDMj6CSZg-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
POETRY
POETRY
Next to the black upright piano was a window, which looked out at the blue pansies, which were also sometimes purple, or yellow, like the word contusion.
POETRY
But, /
somewhere: dawn and the hum of hollowing /
seeds planted in dry weather, like a sigh /
or shout or song for when the sky /
breaks open and gives out /
something kinder than light.
POETRY
She told my grandmother on the phone,
Sometimes—they’re just too happy.