ALONE
THE BIG ALONE
I heard the loon call at 3 a.m. the laughing one
Bedlam Bellevue Witchcackle So much better
than gruntsqueals from next cabin
Shoveling drive 1965 Giant flakes blacksky
Snowsmell coldsmell Leaning on shovel Silencio
The bigalone Fearless at 5
Father on a bed of ice swollenface tubestoo Fear
creepsin throughveins He is stitched from ankle to
solarplexis Will he make it?
Twins boy+girl blondecurls Cannot place this memory
The last time father visited from his grave at Beth Tzedec
Gardens I called the fire department Later I read that the
dead often announce themselves with the smell of burning
toast
Too late for my date with Daddy He who loved birds of all kinds
When I told him that I had seen a colourful bird on the driveway
yellow turquoise +red he threw back his head If you knew him
you’d know the laugh He said: That was a budgie The one who got
away Remember there’s always free food in a cage
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Fall 2018 .. still waiting on the smell of burnt toast..
songanddancegirl 