Dear Granny,
Saturday
on the way
to that big box store
you loved to frequent
glimpsed a bunch of
stuff
to the right
on a street
lined with houses
and just like that
you were riding shotgun
telling me quick turn around
i told you – no – you know
that’s not a good idea
you laughed
and i cried
it was all of $30 bucks
for a small blue table
that i’d put on the porch
for a plant
and a child’s wooden chair
that was perfect for a puppet
and the basket had a lid
that could be used for a picnic
or storage
and the bag of paperbacks
i know jest who to give that
to
and the pink beaded earrings
were just because
like the sparkly pin
and the painting
you ended up riding along
to the store, too
Christmas in October
they got all the stuff out
already
i told you – no – you know
that’s not a good idea
you laughed
and i cried
a buggy later
we drove to
the craft store
and left with a Lemax
house
already decked out
for Christmas
a granny sitting in the window
waiting
for the little kids outside
to barrel through
the door
TL