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First daughter's birthday today. The rest of us in the next 6.5 weeks. Every time around the sun let's us see the cosmos roughly 365 times, if we look at it once per diurnal cycle. Aw.

Lou Reed said it best: "But that's just some other time."

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moving up the coast
storm hitting one sibling
after another

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Grandpa's soccer team

I only saw him play

badminton

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video call

searching for new topics

in lockdown

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her ghoulfriend
wasn't welcome anymore
no eating the guests!

100319c

Our Last Family Picnic


It wasn't so much the number of ants that came to the picnic, but their size. One of them ate Granny's chocolate cake in one bite, and Granny in another. The rest of us ran, but only I made it to the car.

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ship from Earth
mailbag full of junk
and bills
no response from mom
to the death certificate

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email
from your late father
wish you were here

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Granny's legacies
family devoted
to one another
memories of good food
treasured recipes

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visitors leave
smiles turn upside down

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doctor's appt
instead of breakfast with family
sun streams in

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family visits
perhaps in case I die soon
almost did last week

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under the table
wereslugs fight for scraps
"play nice, kids"

022018d

waiting for bad news
two brothers left

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finding a child's drawing
and wishing I had written on the back
the artist's name

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dusty frame
around faded snapshot
who?

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mantel holds
pig mask and stripy camel
3 generations

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he keeps writing
the year he was interred
on his checks
promises not to turn
great-grandson's girlfriends
but this one
has such an elegant neck

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on my desk
giant fossil oyster
collected by my dad

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Eight tiny reindeer. Barely enough to go around when all the children visit. Santa makes a note to schedule interviews for a new team.