marriage, kids, grandkids,
and catsβ runaway coaster
speeds on with no brakes
Category: Family
1666
a plump garden hare
wife and child hide the bullets
for the .22
1662
hidden in my flesh
bones of ancestors
marrow of karma
1661
vigilant grandma
herds him along the playground
sprinting after him
1628π
a near sleepless night
trying not to snore
cats are complaining
1622π°
three helium balloons
left over from her birthday
wrinkled and nodding
1602
once a tree of me
whereβs my family
lone leaf in the cold
1601
it takes a village
for some kidsβ for my grandkid
a squad of marines
πΊπΈ
1600
three-year-old grandson
our perfect child in the park
till time to go home
π€Ί
1579
putting shoes on her
you owe it, she says
shoes she tied for me
1574
arguing all day
as he broods and broods
she offers frogurt
π¦
1532
they’ve become songbirds
girls we used to lullabye
now sing to their young
π¦π€
1506
faded, clorox stains
my motherβs brassiere
she has me unclasp
1472
joseph and mary
regifting the myrrh
and the frankincense
1387R
my elderly aunt
at Thanksgiving– proud
of her Costco pie