she was devoted
she was self-sacrificing
eyes roll at amen
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Tag: aging
2409
glimpses of you
in the bathroom mirror
my vanished father
2407r
rest home doors open
surge of hunger in the air
who’s got visitors
2397r
moon made of green cheese
I tell the grandtoddler
he googles it
2391
peeling off stockings
from my elderly aunt’s legs
flurry of snowflakes
2382
shadows in the trees
even now climb, jump and yell
souls of childhood friends
2379r
love was space mountain
hurling into dark unknowns
now I ride teacups
2377
his grownup kids taunt
how he forgets everything
winks at the mirror
2374r
I pull weeds
they pull back— drag me
into the grave
2365
among the mourners
two elderly men shake hands
still alive— hurrah!
2359
the typhoon passes
one lucky clown fish
saved by the coral
2356r
lights dim, band packs up
news of another party
how this sweet world ends
2355
a faded still life
overripe fruit, a chipped glass
flies buzzing around
2347
a swirl of blue jays
or an upward gust of leaves
need to wear glasses
2345r
unzip this moment
sort out the karmic small change
get rid of grudges
