the winter anthology
Vol. 1
Jean Valentine
once i was girls
and boys
Once I was girls and boys — now
Now who I love are the wild-
worn drifters, not of the town—
cooking their supper out by the side of the road, kisses kisses
—And one especially, my mother’s
father, lost, glare blue and shaved,
at his own work—
unknown—
on your behalf child, window
staring for you.