The letter...

The Letter
19 Months After He Died

A letter came today
from the Children's Orthopedic
Hospital and Medical Center
of Seattle.

Pretty impressive.
Did I request information
or something?

No.
It's a letter requesting permission
to insure proper follow-up care
for Jacob.
?
It is dated March 13, 1985.
?
Jacob's been dead for 19 months now.
Hasn't he?
It says;
'Your child has been seen
at a March of Dimes
Birth Defects Community Clinic'.

I wish that they had specified when
the last time they had seen him.

Maybe he's not really dead -
maybe they just discovered
that he's missing a mother.

Somebody make sense of this for me.
I want to fill out the form
and agree on a date they can
see my baby.
.