It's Still Life

Ink In Bits

thin skinned leaves are falling
and mum’s fighting gravity
like Godzilla taking on the sky.

I wave goodbye

it’s the first day back to school.
red metal lunch box, a salami sarnie,
and milk money in my pocket.

I’ll buy ice cream

back then,
I’d never heard of a llama,
but I knew A was for aardvark.

And anteater

mum’s talking to me again but
I’m too far away to hear. it’s like
someone’s moving her lips.

I wave goodbye

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Written for Ink In Thirds and Ragtag Daily Prompt “salami”. Some artwork is created using Midjourney AI, and is identified as such in the ALT text or captioned. Imagery and poems ©Misky 2023.