Kerri Shying R # 293 - Better than

Better Than

I saw you crawl

along the floor  to

burp on the dog  

my happiness  rose

the ember of my heart

aflame    insousciance

of childhood  stained

with mulberry juice     my memory

it never leaves

chins   beneath

 the goat-thread hairs

 a desert-woman beard   this

menopause redeemed this 

lifetime  spent with

rising gorge    a bubble

of you too