March 16th, 2007
At the end of the driveway
At the end of the driveway and
The beginning of the road
A mother and her daughter
Wait for the bus
Its 8:05 and its due
The mother dips her head down to her coffee
And pecks away at her newspaper
Shrugging out the wintry march air
The daughter has her down coat flung open
Arms in wide wingspan collecting the spring breeze
Flopping the empty ends of her sleeves
Mother’s face tightly down into the news
Daughter’s smiling swallowing the breeze
The bus is due at 8:05
A daughter takes her mother’s hand
They wait
At the beginning of the road and
The end of the driveway
John Morello
3-16-07
