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Windmill in rear-view
Drive to grandmas
stop at gas station
buy daughter soft drink, pinwheel
she holds it outside window
of moving car, scolded
arrive at grandmas
farmhouse, broken fence
dust cloud traps sun
brown cornfield, barren
windmill-
we walk to field
past windmill
to pick flowers
family never discussed
brother's fatal accident
he and friends partied atop windmill
drunk, he fell to death
dad thought I stopped visiting
because windmill stood as reminder,
he meant to tear it down
got cancer, died
arrive at brother's grave
lay flowers
he died 20 years ago
(on this day)
daughter breaks pinwheel
throws in trash
begin drive home,
she falls asleep
"I will visit mom more often"
(maybe it was the windmill)
a wave of calm soothes me
like a breeze
the ride back home
seems much smoother.
stop at gas station
buy daughter soft drink, pinwheel
she holds it outside window
of moving car, scolded
arrive at grandmas
farmhouse, broken fence
dust cloud traps sun
brown cornfield, barren
windmill-
we walk to field
past windmill
to pick flowers
family never discussed
brother's fatal accident
he and friends partied atop windmill
drunk, he fell to death
dad thought I stopped visiting
because windmill stood as reminder,
he meant to tear it down
got cancer, died
arrive at brother's grave
lay flowers
he died 20 years ago
(on this day)
daughter breaks pinwheel
throws in trash
begin drive home,
she falls asleep
"I will visit mom more often"
(maybe it was the windmill)
a wave of calm soothes me
like a breeze
the ride back home
seems much smoother.
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