Feb 2022
A small box of candy hearts
were being gifted..
as if being
the most intricate of Tonka Toys.
Small, trembling hands,
reaching out
to a small one,
dirt-encrusted..
There's a half a box
of ******* Jacks:
prize... still intact, in the other.
Two scabs.. and the bite mark of an
alligator lizard,
on just the one that receives.
.
She had walked all the way across
the school's playground
to find him there.
Brought with her a nickel
for helping Mama fold the laundry
down to the 7-Eleven store,
last Saturday morning;
Not any old box of candy, would do.
Not just any old box of candy..
would do.
.
love
.
love
.
