When I got there last night
his daughter came out of
her room and said,
yay you’re here!
She ran over to hug me
and I told her she looked taller.
She said, I am!
She plopped down on the couch
and began telling me about
everything she had done since
I’ve seen her last.
She was playing with the same
marble I had been the weekend before.
Then she looked at the table
and said,
You left your necklace here!
I acted like I didn’t know
and said,
oh yeah! I’ve been looking for it.
She noticed.

He hadn’t said anything
to me all week,
but he watched me
put it back on.