The gaily colored plastic blooms
Of a downtown discount store
Reminded me I hadn't visited you,
Or cleaned,
Your grave
Two years ago
March 25
You left us
Your three kids and me
And went home
Since then
They're all in school
And left...
All grown
One is done, the oldest one.
Another started her first college year
And the middle child,
Well, let's just say he seems to take his time, so it'll be a while
Our little girl wears a locket
With your ashes...
On a chain
With me
Everything changes
Yet still remains the same
And on the wall
The photo
Of you four
Hangs on a frame
I want them,
When they come home,
To feel
As if
You were still here
That you linger near
The bright and gaily colored flowers
At a downtown discount store...
5 comments:
pesaroso.
Go to the asians stores on elizabeth st., plastic flowers are very cheap.
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Nice piece Juan.
Losses like that continue to hurt for a lifetime
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