not allowed
to touch the curtains
I climb the fire place bricks
for the first glimpse
of my baby sister — Deborah P. Kolodji
my dreams come and go
the whir of a plane comforts me
dozing in the sun
the smell of tomato plants
brings me to my childhood — Stephan Petrilli
up on the china cabinet
in a produce box
dad laughs
and mom chastises
not allowed
to touch the curtains
I climb the fire place bricks
for the first glimpse
of my baby sister — Deborah P. Kolodji
my dreams come and go
the whir of a plane comforts me
dozing in the sun
the smell of tomato plants
brings me to my childhood — Stephan Petrilli
up on the china cabinet
in a produce box
dad laughs
and mom chastises
I survey the scene below — Patricia Wakimoto
Tommy's tortoise
walks under the swinging doors
into the girls bathroom
screams of terror
from the kindergarteners — Janis Albright Lukstein
my father
gives me ripe wet plums
then cries
I didn't know
he couldn't pay the rent — Genie Nakano
