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"What we were like. How beautiful the planet still was." 
                                                                              ~ D. Bonta

 
we had honeycomb
blinds that lasted nearly ten

years before they sagged 
irremediably on one side 

it took a while to figure out 
how to release the brackets

but there were online videos
& a flathead screwdriver

afterward we drove
to the farmers market

where we always went 
crazy from the colors 

okra & heirloom tomatoes
coreopsis and indigo

pink & blue 
oyster mushrooms 

emerging from loam 
& rotting wood

the sun would never
again be forgiving 

I tried not to lean
toward the hole 

in my heart 
daughter that won't

speak to me 
mother a bent 

frame & wick of cotton 
about to go out