summer night
I grope my way
to her heart

garbage spill
getting to know
the neighbor

old family Bible
the names
crossed out

January snow . . .
crossing the easy things
off the list

helicopter seeds
my daughter asks
what dads are for

always there the music in the piano

a shim
under the table leg
his stories about the war

hillbullied

secluded beach
a wavelet
plays footsie

her Buddha face forgotten waiting tables

Sunday
cross words
undone

mudflats
as far as the toes
can squish

frittering away
the inheritance . . .
melting glaciers

sturgeon moon
the catch and release
of an old regret

Grandpa's Edsel
still parked in the garage
of his mind

willow wind
their plans to grow
a family