Chad Parenteau
Coming to
Memphis mothers right
reflex-reach handed wipe sweat
raise kids likewisefor obsolete levers
justify thongs
claiming they completeperfect white pants
mothers’ hand-downs
finally creaseless.Oh, Fathers,
where are your thoughts
rubbed by revisionthirty years before
hands above old waist
lines knowing nowa little earth shaking
would have wrought
no new reflections.
