Thursday, August 23, 2018
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Dog-Eared Day
dog-eared day:
our ears are knotted with burrs
delicious burrs from dashing round
and round the garden looking for squirrels
looking for some deer, looking for turkeys, people
people like our family who then sigh loudly
when we come into the family room
when we've got more burrs than fur
--but they've got us
___________
This is both Scout and Huckie; but Huckie is the bigger criminal. She had stuff ALL over her face especially around her ears, eyes, and mouth. Big A is working tonight, so I had to cut it all off with tiny scissors while At and Nu held her still and spoke soothingly to her. It was HARROWING. I was terrified I'd hurt her or that she'd jar me with sudden movement and get hurt. Nu gave me a hug for being brave later on and said she could feel my heart jumping right through my chest when she did. Our non-human part of the family is nuts.
Also, as the kids said, we should get Big A to do this in the future, he is the professional, after all.
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our ears are knotted with burrs
delicious burrs from dashing round
and round the garden looking for squirrels
looking for some deer, looking for turkeys, people
people like our family who then sigh loudly
when we come into the family room
when we've got more burrs than fur
--but they've got us
___________
This is both Scout and Huckie; but Huckie is the bigger criminal. She had stuff ALL over her face especially around her ears, eyes, and mouth. Big A is working tonight, so I had to cut it all off with tiny scissors while At and Nu held her still and spoke soothingly to her. It was HARROWING. I was terrified I'd hurt her or that she'd jar me with sudden movement and get hurt. Nu gave me a hug for being brave later on and said she could feel my heart jumping right through my chest when she did. Our non-human part of the family is nuts.
Also, as the kids said, we should get Big A to do this in the future, he is the professional, after all.
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Monday, August 20, 2018
Sunday, August 19, 2018
An Augury
An Augury
Here my children are making spaces:
blanket forts, jokes, eye rolls, faces--
spaces for just them
Their sweetness swirling from cyan
to scarlet to sonnets nibbling,
unfurling in my heart
The gates that once swung between us
when they were young now lie
translated, behind us.
It seems yesterdays are gold, are spent
and tomorrows are vague presents
here at summer's end
May my empty be their success, I pray:
Take the clay of my blood and milk,
my loves; blaze away.
--
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Friday, August 17, 2018
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