after i said cheese i screamed bloody murder
i knew something was up with this place a place where
the continuum runs between terror+hope i knew the
adults were feigning a can do attitude
as the vicissitudes roared out there and father hung his
head sometimes in the midst of laughter+glory +walking
on water we kids knew it don’t come easy
messy deshabille +envy some families cruised or so it
seemed until the mother ran out on the porch +fainted
her son killed by a tree in Zermatt
school-trip
blood meridian
a bro liked their daughter fairhaired brotherless princess
went on to live happily ever after he met her on a beach years
later all her sons named David
her dead brother’s
soul
released 3 times
now who is that in the corner? aiming arcane hand-signals at
my husband’s head like a crazed deathcatcher why it’s Jolene!
hey don’t mess with me bitch +don’t take him
just because
you can
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Spring 2024 ..uncharacteristically bitter..
songanddancegirl 