Amidst the Farmhouses
My mother sits at the kitchen table,
smoking slowly and thoughtfully,
the TV too loud.
Those first years we had bedrooms
we never slept in.
I had nightmares
and she preferred the ledge,
the midnight trains,
just outside her window.
Copyright © Sam Mayhue | Year Posted 2011
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