In courthouses,
at funerals:
our family reunions

the miles
these tides
have travelled

tropical autumn:
cool rain in the leaves
of the banyan tree

the waves
laughing beneath our window
the children

I've lost my shoes
And Google won't help me
Find them

Ladybug carcass
On a lawn chair cushion:
September

this tree
not knowing it's an elm
not knowing it's a tree

Thomas unplanting
the tuberose he grew
in Grandmother's garden

Labor Day -
cicada in the trees,
children in the pool

in the air
rain in the rain
air

no longer the fastest
car on the road
my greying temples