Happy Remarks

What was on the wall that day.

My mother's voice when she called me by my full name. Three names. I knew exactly what came next.

My oldest friend and I send each other one photo a year of where we live now.

When I was nine my teacher told me I had something to say. I have been saying things ever since.

My wife knows the difference between my sigh of contentment and my sigh of dread.

Someone left flowers on the dashboard of my car. I never figured out who.

My mother taught me to make her bread. I am making it now. The kitchen smells like her.

The afternoon my mother taught me to drive standard. Down a dirt road. Stalls. Laughter. Coffee in a paper cup.

My dad calls me on Sundays. Just to say hi. He always says hi twice.

A clean swimming pool in the morning.

The way the river smells in the heat.

A package on the porch I forgot I ordered.

My grandmother said you eat what you can and you save what you can. I do both.

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