World War II poster, from an email

 

 

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

(a cinquain sequence)

 

Dressed in

red, white and blue,

my dear mother thumbtacked

the flag across the top of her

front porch

 

despite

myriad warnings

never to climb a stool

or ladder without someone near

to help

 

if she

happened to lose

her balance, black out, fall.

But she didn't, and I told her,

"Nifty!"

 

The man

across the street

hollered, "I like your flag!"

They met near the road and chatted

a spell.

 

With towel

and water, he's

off to "run the bleachers."

"Wanna'go?" he asked her, smiling.

"No way!"

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