an appropriate Father's day card

for a brief moment

i forget

that he's passed on, 

and stand

at the greeting card

section of the store

looking for a birthday

and Father's Day

card

for my father

who turned 95

last year.

i search for something

that will suit him for this

year.

not too gooey or sweet,

but something

funny and clever,

like he was.

then i stop

and push the grocery cart

forward. it's hard to

move on.