Full Benefits & S.S. Checks
Punch :: ginger ale and sherbet :: my mother :: retirement
party :: cash in an envelope :: beside herself :: the fallen
clothes-rack :: a lost day in a closet :: forgotten amid farewell
cards :: neither son attending :: o :: a notary’s pen :: official
document :: one month of gap coverage :: can’t be sick
in August :: can’t be this tired today :: can’t be poor ever ::
the tourist streetcar of thought :: look :: Summer :: no elision ::
wisdom instead :: the years left :: how to do what you want ::
how to walk in the light of your own sunset :: how to manage
being afraid :: favorite punch :: the color of sunset :: the light
on the phone :: both sons calling at once :: how to answer without
the dignity of weeping :: o :: as distractions go :: not working
ain’t half bad :: time to call time a liar to its face.
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Author photograph courtesy of Steven Leyva
