Your drugstore reading glasses
pop out of the kitchen junk drawer
like a hand-cranked Jack-in-the-Box
and punch me in the face
until all I see is you
sitting on the piano bench
bent over piano keys,
your squinty eyes glued to piano music
while arthritic fingers
move up and down the piano
in perfect time.
The optometrist’s prescription
for a stronger strength
still hangs by a magnet
on the refrigerator,
the date 2010.
I tried to encourage you
to get it filled
just like I tried to get you
to the doctor
before it was too late.
The Junk Drawer Find by Laurie Kolp | Sandalwood Poetry Reed Diffuser Set
Laurie Kolp is the author of Upon the Blue Couch and Hello, It's Your Mother. Her poetry has been published worldwide. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and Orison Anthology of spiritually engaged writing. Laurie is currently working on a project to honor her late father.
