a poem for Bubbie
teacups left to cool on tabletops
pink kid scissors
mono chromatography
my glasses in spin class
light on a blustery day
foreplay when you have young children
sex when you have young children
campaign promises
the right heel of my white jimmy choo’s at my wedding
(just kidding, i couldn’t afford the choo
but i told everyone it was anyway)
the extension leaf for family at grandma’s sunday table
tefillin boxes
the love you feel when a baby is first born
the night he left for college
(the morning he returned but only because he forgot his hat)
cheesecake
his brain during a chemistry exam
your heart on pesach
things left unsaid at abba’s funeral
the time you looked in the mirror
(and realized you really did look like me)
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