table grace

Here are a few lines from “table grace”:

I miss my favorite meal Mom used to make

I want pork chops

and cauliflower, a cheese-dripped wrinkled brain

now that Mom’s in Afghanistan, Aunt Sally tends our garden

when the house is quiet, I’m just a scared little girl

I know I’m the only one awake

most nights, I listen to the cuckoo clock strike

ten, eleven, twelve

I think it’s 8:30 tomorrow morning in Kabul

one o’clock my morning is the last I remember

© 31 May 2019

Cindy B. Stevens

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