a 12 link renku by Kristin Boryca and Lidonna Beer

guidelines: do not repeat the same image/word within 2-3 verses of each other make a reference to wildflowers in line 8 make a reference to the moon in lines 5 and 12 12 line renku          park bench an old man talks back to the ducks oak leaves rust slowly on the tree leaky pipe another drip onto the basement floor through the snow sirens the moon’s path down the alley stops short of his door the black and white photograph of his mother in a rush she still manages to look in the mirror pink toenails among wildflowers in the sunlight the sisters play patty-cake tea leaves saved for the fortune-teller store window she admires the hat display long walk following the moon home