christmas 2017


dixie cups perched by my toothbrush
telltale sign mom was here
tall matches and tiny matches
just because
leftover salmon in the fridge
candies in a camouflage stocking

sometimes you take care of me
sometimes i take care of you

it's good right now
to trade

soon we'll be twenty-great
and seventy strong
I hope we'll be having shakshuka
and challah for christmas supper
all along