I just had a flashback right back
to when I was six arms out from
everywhere bearing me up itseemed enough I knew who I
was I crayoned a crude family
tree How I miss that sea of filialfins I catch myself thinking the
banter the rumpus the elbowed
Say Please the thing that soothedthe bruised knee I know the years
can drive a hard wedge can hide
a life or fifteen but I look for iteverywhere sad-eyed and stupid
listen for the sound of a leaf coming
down climb the abandoned tree
