(I have written many Delores poems. Some
people are poems.)
Yesterday we went to see Delores after seven
months haven’t been upstate since then
in her late eighties she says she’s blindish
missing some body parts
car accident a month ago on black ice totaled her car
her daughter was with her she veered off the road
for a yard sale even though it was winter
hit by a truck no one was hurt
in the hospital with bruises for a while
now as beautiful as ever hair done
Delores has new lipstick nuts and chips
on the table for guests still does Publishers
Clearing House every week her children tell her to stop
Delores dressed up just like Delores she laughed
told a story about her grandson’s girlfriend
she wants an engagement ring on every finger
said Delores. Maybe we’ll all go to a wedding
this summer. Anyway we’ll celebrate spring
very soon.
wonderful!