• my mother 5-21-18

    my mother like no other suffers her suffrage
    in rage the storm ignite her form
    a peddle pusher drawn
    warm as a stem
    where flowers grow as firm a fern may bend
    her art is everything kind
    the beauty is in her beautiful mind
    that translate to the page
    it feels so good when we’re on the same page

    the night is blessed she sleep to rest
    her bones
    in spritely dress she does her best
    a nap she cover with a throw
    to paint what ain’t now known
    the rain may ache her toe
    so many paintings she really should show

    standing still she take her pill
    she love those pickles garlic dill
    roasted peppers anchovies she eat her fill

    Raymond makes her laugh
    takes a shower every morning
    just like june she’s snoring
    steps on the scale afraid she’s getting fat
    to find a book that isn’t boring
    the buildings maybe black
    color them shiny or mat

    there for everyone she loves
    she loves everyone
    accessible sensible benefactor
    takes a moment to ask a question?
    who am i now that Harold is gone?
    68 years listening to him sing off key
    he was her best friend

    mom i can’t live without you
    you are my sunshine and my rain
    you are joy and Palmolive
    you are ivory liquid-
    the tide rushes into cleanliness
    you take away my emptiness
    mostly by stuffing me with yummy food.