we ate strawberry shortcake

imagine, I whipped the heavy

cream this morning

sliced berries sprinkled sugar

kept them overnight

baked little round cakes flour

butter milk

picnicked all the ingredients in a cooler

to their house

& ate while we talked about growing old

remember those early years we said

smoked Camels grew dope drank

whiskey owned dogs & pickup trucks

had little kids

remember when we walked on rafters

remember that volleyball game

remember how full of grace we were

& power