"please,"
the leader pled.
bernie's mother
came to the meeting
in place of her soon.
"i have a fe--"
the leader began.
"bernie won't be attending
for a while."
"oh i was worried for a
second,"
he said.
"may i ask why?"
bernie's mother uncomfortably
shifted her feet.
(the same way bernie did
at his first meeting.)
"last night he tried committing suicide."
