Post & Beam

I prefer to call to her
by her middle name in full
no first nor last
black nor white
cliché to bestow

consent to remember
wounds caress, gently forget
populi tilt
their heads
slightly to the left

redefine the paradigm
of partners playing life
skip and dolphin
jubilee
tempered slow, absurdity

wink and carry, promenade
tending to the children’s needs
day-to-day
prognosis grey
she returns my smile in deeds