05 • 27 • 2023
STORAGE CONTAINER 25
Lullaby for You
I feel my feet on the floor as all of this thickness unravels My hands massaging the greens and the salt as all of these dewey webs begin to fall
I hold your picture close to my belly and I dance with you all night long The aroma of sweet potatoes roasting in the oven sprinkled with marshmallows, sprinkled with yams – and chocolate chips I hold you close baby vanilla ice creams thick stems of joy Magic garage I sit in you know on your beige cement floor with the laugh of my lived ones The smell of warm latkes you hold me on one side and Grandpop holds me on the other and I am floating I see that little girl, I find her through all of the sticky through all of the doubt, the fear, the panic, the muddiness I whisk her up I hold her in my arms, I rinse her with water, I brush her hair I hold her close to my belly
The magic of the soft belly that you showed me in a dream I pass on to her and her gut softens, her intestines calm down all is forgiven all is wiped away all is washed away, she feels the magic of the soft belly, the tender belly, the loving belly, the soft body she breathes in – amen, I love you.