"best of" poem of the day 11.26.15

my niece in her thanksgiving dress

looking at the picture of

my niece in her thanksgiving dress

fifteen months old

and smiling without a care

i think she looks

just like my soon-to-be

ex-sister-in-law

which somehow

softens the blow of not seeing my niece

in over a year

but really

only just a little bit

                                                11.26.12