The first thing my mom
would do
with her birthday present
— was shake the box —
***
shuffle shuffle shuffle
***
“What is it?”
she’d ask with a grin
***
but I think,
deep down,
she already knew
it was just more
chicken bones
The first thing my mom
would do
with her birthday present
— was shake the box —
***
shuffle shuffle shuffle
***
“What is it?”
she’d ask with a grin
***
but I think,
deep down,
she already knew
it was just more
chicken bones
I put a couple
Red Hot candies
into a thermos,
and
nine hours later,
I tried one,
and damn it,
if they did not
stay red hot.
2.
Our Founder surveys the grounds of Manoir de Edrionam from the safety of the snow