in the sunday sun
searching my brain for
six letter words
across or down
in the times crossword
puzzle
i think of my mother
doing the same.
a cigarette in hand,
her cup of coffee
black,
sitting on the back
porch with her high
school education, having
the puzzle done
before the first
diaper needed changing,
the first meal cooked,
the first run
of the washer,
then hanging
of the clothes on the line.
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