Throwing Them Away

smiling at far end of table with friends I don’t know

newly wedded NYC looking down

taking turns holding me in my first overexposed summer

tiny together before that house the contractor reneged on

harvesting honey in outlandishly concealing outfits

riding burros down into the Grand Canyon tiny in hats

the driveway under six feet of snow

flowers out front flowers out back flowers someone sent

Thanksgiving meals without faces

her minuscule onstage in Once Upon a Mattress

her minuscule onstage lecturing on mind control

duplicate shots of his paintings we still have

duplicate shots of his paintings we don’t have

maybe him shooting hoops

his parents squinting arms folded

almond trees in bloom

both standing diminutively before Kyoto temple 2009

her forearms presenting someone’s cake

deer out back rabbit on steps bat between bricks

her in the wrong skirt

sepia 1941 1932 1928 who are these people

four of a flock of ducks

several of their also dead friends

nine of his motorcycle all angles

fifty-four of quilt shows no humans

his hands only gripping large perch

unflattering in bad light

unflattering in good light

her mother from the back in her kitchen

class reunion class reunion class reunion

me with them in 1973

looking distinctly ungrateful