Each move
nail after nail
small collage
of me at 18 months; eighteen
months with Daddy; 17;
22; 22 and Daddy my wedding; Daddy
at seventeen before he ever grew a beard;
37 with the mortarboard
in a toast; 37 with friends wine food; three
of grade school; early discs 3 of small
hands immortal in clay; siblings young
that year I will always recall you;
Each move
nail after nail
small collage of years
after too many years
of blank walls.
