3/20/2016 Three poems by Eve Paradise-GallardoSling Shot Summer By Eve Paradise-Gallardo My brother Use to assemble Sling shots From Y- shaped branches Of Ash trees Chinaberries we’d Gather for ammo And each hot day We all became More Skillful at hitting Tin can targets, And later, August chicharras My baby sister who had neither The heart, nor aim, Would, instead, collect the The silent arthropods Inside emptied matchboxes Later to be Ceremoniously lowered Into shadowed graves Dug beneath the trees From which They had fallen I use to watch As she would Gather their Cellophane carapaces Slipped free from Twigs and blades of grass And in a final tribute Crumble the nymph remains Between her baby fingers Like chicharrones Over the mounds of tiny graves Enough I use to help you Load the shopping cart With black garbage bags Stuffed with laundry Walk in the cold night Cross the highway It was enough, though, To hear you say, along The way, “Pull that cap Over your ears.” And it meant Everything to me To worry with you About our cat “twinkle toes”, Turning dollars into quick Quarters and staking claim To enough adjacent Washing machines Childhood When I think of my childhood My memories are like photographs That safely frame us The noble rocking horse I rode upon While my Mom sang “She will have music where ever she goes . . .” In her light cloud voice Standing beside The wading pool In white training pants The dark water Frightening and alluring Wearing a dull Easter dress while Swinging a bright white Wicker purse With the matching Gloves my sister adored The grey garden hose Carefully held as we splash In silvery joy I am frozen Ante Polaroid and scalloped edged Tucked securely between the ridges Of my prefrontal cortex About the Author: Eve Paradise-Gallardo. A poet who lives on the tip of Texas. She has had a few of her poems published in a couple of chap books. She enjoys reading and writing poetry. Comments are closed.
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