meeting
for the first time at
grandpa’s funeral
years later
people still call me
by my brother’s name
above the pond
a swirl of geese
she kisses me goodbye
broken ladder
remembering
grandma’s apple pie
 
 
just a street lamp
not the moon
this time
 
 
pandemic
police tape around
the playground
 
 
social distancing
the birds still singing
the way they have always sung