American River Review 2022 - copy - Flipbook - Page 71
yeah, Uncle
you be careful too
me be careful? of what?
i’m just going home
in case you get in your car later
once i get home
i put my keys away
you better go work on that poem
i want to see it on my desk first thing
in the morning
he cackles
cackles? why do i have to cackle?
what am i a damn witch? fucken
warlock?
no, let me fix that
he chuckles
yeah, i like that
and my dimples
don’t forget my damn dimples
his dimples stand out
like a star
star? Like “Twinkle, Twinkle”?
I’m outta here
he turns and walks away
waving his hand over his head
his dimples frame his brilliant
though low-key smile
as he heads up Guerrero Street
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