vibrant red and blue
floating to the top
Tuna the Beta fish

small old house
brings us closer
winter sunrise

baby blanket
silk sewed on
sooths the teenager

young girl smiles
hiding tears
hair not growing back

top quarter champion

top half champion

bottom quarter champion

together for one last nap
old man
old dog

the cave cricket
missing one leg
still able to find a mate

the smell of strawberries
from her hair
he closes his eyes

your spine
cracked and bent
my hand lingers

top half champion

champion

bottom half champion

field work
old John Deere coat
discolored

alumni tournament
Nike basketball shoes
need shoestrings

next to Astroturf
painted with wildflowers—
an overgrown lawn

tank tops . . .
we talk into the night
on the steps

top quarter champion

bottom half champion

bottom quarter champion

frayed edges
stays open
to a favorite Bible passage

tattered old glory
in place of the twins…
nine-eleven

your picture
ears bent
and faded

faces behind glass
fairytale treasures
passed down to granddaughter