Loretta

I still hear me Da, laughing like a juggler, happy/sad he's not barred, my ma stamps the tar, she crumbles, when he buys the car, won't let him cross the arc, bewildered, right from the off, she's a great heart, my son says 'i wonder', if that's the start, he's not gone far, lipstick, a shirt he fumbles, a trip to the park, under oranges in a barn, love never hungers, says he's with his tart, smokes a Lucky Star, chases numbers, love falling apart, eyes like thunder. not pine needles and hay you keep trouble at bay, do what life requires, a sail on blue waves, among candlelit signs, this is what you crave,