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Do Strawberries Contain the Meaning of Life?
Aug 15, 2021
I wanted to forget how to feel,
unreeling old celluloid 64 mm
on sheets in memory
a perfect day by a stream
this two-year-old with hair so blond
it disappeared in the sun
bounced on his lap
cigarette hanging from his lips
Brylcreem shine on curls I would inherit
wind pulled ash from his face
into tinkling water
patched lives can look like anything
even a strawberry offered on a summer day
copyright/all rights reserved Audrey M. Howitt 2021
Originally published at http://audreyhowittpoetry.blogspot.com on August 15, 2021.
