Love is so short, forgetting is so long... ~ Pablo Neruda Olga and Andy I close my eyes... I see... Granite street and black acid hills Walks and snacks left in the fridge Junction creek Red picket fence Each piece hand made Bluish Buick in the driveway French toast and corn syrup A cup of black tea With sugar and cream Breakfast in the morning Gas stove to warm the kitchen Letters written in Polish At a small kitchen table Sent somewhere Too young to ask where Unknown words and unknown places Is home where a letter is sent from or where it is received Questions without answers Buried in the gardens of loss Grown flowers with buds reaching to the sun Some with names and some without Broken English Barely remembered Memories flash like slides on a Carousel Grundy Lake and flip flops Ramsey Lake and picnic lunches Time was thin and love was thick Life changes in moments undetectable to children Walking downtown to Eatons Fat cats begging for food Rubbing against legs meowing Spending nights Sleeping with Grandma Wrestling on T.V. Grandpa excited Polkas and Apricot Brandy Roll Out The Barrel on a crackling 78 Family packed in the living room Family packed in the kitchen Running with cousins Food Polish food Ukrainian food Food...lots of food The creek flowing by Carrying the past into the present And beyond us In the night ~ CF
Posted on: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 22:03:21 +0000
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