she always tried
to clean up
dried eggs and pancake
battered across the stove
top of the dresser dust-covered
months since we had enough
time to get a haircut
knees from all the wrestling
this little boy does
our life together mean less
or more for us
when days become long
towered blocks skyscraping
dishes paralyzed in the kitchen
she sits hoping her boys know
everything was going to be
the best it could on those days
where she tried
to remember when
the last word never spoke
quite enough
Kristi Polidore is a writer, professor, and mother who resides in Asbury, New Jersey. She is currently working on her first book, a memoir, which she hopes to publish within the year. Kristi spends most her time with her two young boys, her husband, and their rescue pups and chickens.
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