Helping him knot
his tie on mass morning
reminds me
of purple carpeted aisles
hymnals dropped too smartly
back into the thin wooden shelf
and her kneeling before me
in the bleak kitchen
with wordless ruffled morning hair.
Helping him knot
his tie on mass morning
reminds me
of purple carpeted aisles
hymnals dropped too smartly
back into the thin wooden shelf
and her kneeling before me
in the bleak kitchen
with wordless ruffled morning hair.
another american childhood 