for oma

funky like blue note with the b logo

ball baba’s batik, bunched below bones 

bonobo brain blows backwards,

both bros bereaved, bereft backyard

bees buzz, birds bask, benefactors

beams burn but, boy, breath, better battle

ball baba’s boro, bunched below bones 

blankets bandage broke bespoke

clothes

gotta move on

adobo’s ready 

with that abc sauce

cia tried to jfk my moms moms mom 

the second never said it for the montage gone

way before the bombs dropped they hid om, and cousin

thank god the next crop missed home

dusting a thick tome, 

forgotten, I’ll never open the cover 

remember bomb pop after bomb pop she doesn’t 

we ate a dozen, cleared the freezer, thought it was funny

when she couldn't think she would laugh it was comfort

comfort cools, 

cruel conundrums, can’t cry, cause congestion coats combustion

cancer came, claimed columbus,

    cup cut clean clear, case closed, cutlasses

can’t cleave complex corruption, crutches, can’t carry cracked construction 

call collect, 

christmases climaxed, 

conniptions clicked convulsive, check

context 

compulsive comradery, caress confections, chocolate crisps, 

I remember better Than the screaming fits

evening, sit, deep in cushion, needle hits

sweet percussion, thimble clicks 

it really always was the simple shit 

reading tin tin, eating out tins, pirouettes 

we would spin in the tire swing, links, untwist