Spicy Collards by Lenard D. Moore,
Alice Frampton, and Michael Dylan Welch
First published in Hedgerow #105,
February 2017. Originally written 29 June 2008 beneath a sugar maple by the
parking lot at the Japanese Garden in Seattle, Washington.
spicy collards
on the tin plate
hazy sunset Lenard
crumbs
from the cookie jar
in
plain sight Alice
veggie burger
with all the trimmings . . .
dinner alone Michael
recalling
grandma’s peach cobbler
at
the roadside fruit stand Lenard
long day at the beach
the popsicle melting
on his chest Alice
spaghetti
sauce covers
my
daughter’s grin Michael
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