GRIZZLY PEAR
My mom gave me her bunny shaped cutting board I got rabbits.
Twenty years ago.
I finally sanded it.
It’s smooth, but uneven.
I need to be more careful next time,
In twenty years.
Maybe it’ll be their turn to sand it smooth.
Will they have their own bunnies?
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cheerful retreat
everything serves to further
They turned off the lights in the bedroom.
Pulled out a flashlight.
Turned it on.
And gave it to me.
Two cats chasing a beam of light.
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going out and coming in without error
friends come without blame
to and fro goes the way
Dog-Dragon fights MissMiss the Cat-Snake.
His tail swings a rope sword.
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While I washed dishes at the sink, the boy squatted behind me with a little plastic saw.
He started on one calf, and then the next.
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keeping his back still
so that he no longer feels his body
My upper back decided to assert its existence.
A rough week of fitful sleep.
Fortunately Instacart accidentally delivered two tubes of Ben Gay last year.
The kids hate the smell.
I’ve entered the grandma zone.
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practice chariot driving and armed defense daily
Last day of September.
Last swim of the year.
The end of summer.
We played
Marco Polo,
Horse,
Bridge,
Tickle Monster,
Egg.
All in a nine foot pool.
We watched the sky
and planes flying by.
What will be be next summer?
Can we swim in the same pool twice?
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It furthers one to cross the great water.
We took the cover off of the pool.
Let the chlorine evaporate.
Moments later, concentric circles filled the living room ceiling.
I went out to rescue the bugs.
A good deed for the weekend.
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his loud cries are dissolving as sweat
salvation comes on a translucent grid
Mom always complains she’s too close to the monitor during class.
So the girl programmed a warning system in Lego Spike with the Color Sensor.
When the sensor sees black,
Play the sound file.
She set it front of the keyboard.
When she leans forward, the sensor sees her hair.
The speaker squawks!
KEEP YOUR EYES FAR AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!
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within the earth a mountain
They placed a box on the armrest.
Laid a roll of drawings down the sofa.
Branched two blue tubes for arms.
And splayed a pair of socks at the bottom.
On the box they added
Two paint bottles for eyes.
A pencil for the mouth.
Toilet paper rolls for hair.
A short plastic tube for a nose
Covered the him with a grey blanket.
Our couch potato all week.
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the wild goose gradually draws near the summit
We played Telephone at dinner.
He insisted on going first, multiple times.
At first some gibberish.
The girl finally got a chance to start.
Whispered to her brother, then mom, and me.
I announced “Daddy is a sneebish stealer.”
The boy and girl erupted in laughter.
He choked on his food — even though there was nothing in his mouth.
Mom stopped the game.
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setting right what has been spoiled by the father