Reunion

The oblong Oak crown sways atop its handle In the night breeze Like a spoon stirring its sugar and cream Patiently Into the tea of outer space While underneath An evening party of old college chums Slop old time Miller Lite from red Solo cups Humming along to Tears For Fears Ev Ree Bod E Wants to Rule the World How have you been? Did it all turn out like you thought it might be? Chit chat shedding like husks of furry Oak seeds Clumped to the grass Under our heels My little daughter sits at the kid table Legs crossed All alone The adults in summer skirts and polo shirts Drifting about her perfect etiquette Poor life being What have I done? She waits for her turn to take a sip Of permission For someone to say her name Say Go and begin Her blue eyes looking up Searching the conversations of that starry black sky She is not mine This is what I should sit down and say to her You are not mine The thing I wish my folks had told me At her age You are tree caressing universe Sprinkling Earth with a million butterflies And quenching your thirst from the cup of God. Never mind us.