My grandfather likes hot chocolate His skin is as dark as night He believes in big breakfasts With half a grapefruit for good measure And taking your hat off at the dinner table And checking in on your nieces and nephews He is a good Baptist man A church deacon An Alpha man A college... Continue Reading →
No Place Like the Home You Don’t Know
How can you go home When you don’t know where it is? The map I see in textbooks is unfamiliar yet comforting Like meeting a cousin for the first time Who looks just like you I study it And can only dream and pretend That I know the route back I study eyes and noses... Continue Reading →