I dreamt I was six years old
Tucked in to the family fold
Laundry in the living room
Image of the bride and groom
Framed and hanging from the mantel
Brother with a roman candle
Sister's nose inside a book
Silent love
Dirty look
Silver spoon
Paper plate
Golden child
Garter snake
Garden State
Overpass
Melted street
Itchy grass
Subject folders knees and toes
Student body
Bloody nose
Bedroom walls
Ocean blue
Free from any notion of who
He was who he was
He was who he was
He was who he was
He was who he was
He was who he was
He was who he was
He was
Free from pretense
Free from story
Free from dreams of fame and glory
Purity
Chloroform
Slept right through the thunderstorm
I dreamt I was six years old
Tucked into the family fold
I dreamt I was six years old
Ripped out from the fa-
The accident
The lightening rod
The ambulance
The act of God
The open flame
The kitchen knife
The car exhaust
The afterlife
The tunnel
The abandoned bridge
The light inside the fridge
The hinges broken off the bedroom door
The tantrum in the grocery store
The carcass in the swimming pool
The funeral
The family jewel
The therapist
The realtor's son
The settlement
The college fund
The bigger house
The nicer school
The greener grass
The golden rule
The scarlet birthmark
Red wine
Stain the carpet
Past life on the market
Zero down
Four door sedan
Two car garage
Three floor plan
Bedroom walls freshly painted
Kitchen newly renovated
Vigil in the living room
The future widow
The former groom
Framed and hanging from the mantel
Brother lights a yahrzeit candle
Sister flips through memory books
Mother sits
The neighbor cooks
He was who he was