Sunday, March 6, 2016

the grandparents

the children in his
and her lap
are punctuation
points, fat pink faces,
full of new life,
balloons ready to take
flight.
the pictures, the pictures.
so many, on the left
knee,
now on the right.
there is closure to this
life.
fat babies
help to ease one into
that good
night.

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