Portraiture
Pictures taken
before you were born
carefully staged
between
suppertime and twilight
red brick
backdrop
thin ribbon of grass
bathed in
magenta light
ivy of my shadow climbing
the wall
required
forethought on his part
the outfits
alone
blazer and bow tie
in this one
blue sailor suit
piped in red, white and gold
a yachtsman’s
cap in another
the full length three quarter pose
he favored
gazing out
past the camera at mothers
silhouette
against a flaring sunset
spill of their twinning shadow spreading
in the foreground.
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