funeral your favorite flowers on the altar
crackling fire the ghost appears in the smoke
stars above one blanket bitterly cold
winter night the dog refusing to come back in
summer day frisbie and dog in the air
ears of the cat lower to mother's dinner call
light breeze sways the hammock
the curve of her neck exposed February breeze
© 2004, Randy Brooks • Millikin University All rights returned to authors upon publication.