[Stolen Yard Signs]

i.

She needs coffee, the honey flakes “don’t have to be invisible” round trip, the Milk Street left dog ramble. They have said nothing, remembering only a white dress, brighter and more distant across the river. Friend or foe—decisions, decisions: I should be there, helping them decide.

I stood on the tarmac hugging my child, that kid in pieces, morning twilight far away.

ii.

Faraway friend, I should be there: Milk Street, bright across the river, remembering only white. Honey flakes, kid in pieces: decisions.

iii.

Round trip ramble, be there—white dress remembering: invisible: mourn far away.

iv.

I stood in pieces, remembering Honey Street.

v.

River: coffee and milk.

vi.

Far away pieces.

vii.

Brighter eye.

viii.

Left.