he angled around the front end of a huge white sedan  someones  who obviously didnt live in the neighborhood

and as he went around it He listened to the old mans breathing felt the weight of the little girl in his arms felt the tiredness in his arms felt his unwillingness to put her down 

He felt the salve of her kiss on his rough unshaven cheek

 

Oh Grampa

           her breath on his face  he wondered if he was ever that young if he was ever carried if he ever kissed his grandfathers or grandmothers faces his parents as they carried him if they did if the birds gliding from tree to tree overhead gathering bits and twigs for their nests paid any attention to things under them that didnt fly

 

1056,  day-between-2-Ts,  24  12. 14

0939,  Sunday,  16  4. 23