widow

It was early June and I was hoping for a handjob from

Kari Anne Prentice at the opening of the Camden Drive-In

in Pennsauken New Jersey 1933 My dad’s cherry red Plymouth 8

gleaming in the cerulean glow of Wives Beware A 1930 British

comedy of errors I recall nothing about but suspect like all

comedies of error to be about handjobs How many By whom

Did I mention Kari Anne played piano Knit scarves for a nickel

October 29 Led her regional Girl Scout troop for two years

in the fine art of macrame She had slender hands and the humor

of an angel A cute angel too An angel whose smile I see so clearly

As I place this rose upon our stone hoping to lay at her side again soon

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