Monday, May 13, 2019

Poem: May 12, 2019

Mother's Day

I have my Mom's hair
and her restless hands, 
her webbed toes, and
her taste for wine, and 
I age slow just like my
Mom. I go, go, go. And
I've got her achy hips
and her love of lists 
and her need to be the
life of every party. I
like to make things
because she makes 
things, and we both 
like to make big plans.
If I have a flair, a kind
of panache, she did that.
If I tell stories, she told
them first. We are just
two motors running, 
two minds planning 
two moves ahead, two
hands ready to put 
things into the world.


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