i was gonna reach across the ocean & force you to look

unsent
(mine)

forgotten saturdays
yesterdays
lemonade stand driveways
sidewalk chalk bubblegum flavored
never ways

she tangles daisy chains and grass stains
late night coin operated washing machine
dreams

she asks the mislead father time
why has the moon gone bad
again

bounce the ball
pick up the jacks
one by two by three by four

finding answers in the skinned knee boy

kissed chapped lips like love
rose bush scratch scars
bloodletting
happy endings

she wonders where he left the remnants of a daughter
hair curls and five snaps down the backside
osh kosh
sears clearance sale
dirt

tear stains wisp of a promise
blown out candlelight birthday cake
shut your eyes

one by two by twelve by fourteen

she grows and grows
he never knows

august & september ~ elbow