Let’s celebrate her birthday today:
a casual lunch, her favorite Chinese.
Better still, a walk on the beach,
kicking up sand and choosing
pretty pebbles to add to the mix.
Perhaps a movie? I hear they’re
showing 'Fargo' at The Palms.
We can giggle once more to
McDormand’s ‘Yah’ and watch
with glee as she vomits her breakfast.
So many lines memorized:
portentous prayers, warding
off the inevitable.
So hard.
Better to spend the day
stroking the deep intaglio
with Crusoe’s knife.
Anniversaries are full of joy,
they say.
Alicia Patti
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/anniversary-6/
