10.16.2023

We're not trading bracelets or buying tickets

but the boys are in their cereal box is empty again era
Aquariums and terrariums and moss and piano music era
Plastic toy soldiers and rectangular electronic devices era
Stinky socks in the mudroom sink (please tell me this era ends?)
Tuck is in his marching band era
Hank is in his rollerblade era
and Tolliver is still in his peanut butter era
We are forever in our overdue library books era
Flowers on the counter, children who-knows-where
graphic novels and gaga ball on the trampoline era
We are in our poke bowl, arugula with everything, hot tea with honey era
overwhelm and anguish and indescribable delight era
Finally in our sneaking out without hiring a babysitter era
I am in my motherhood is a job and a joy era
my I love that for you era
still solidly in my fall asleep on the couch era
cloth napkins and scented candles and hot coffee and cat on a lap 
In my I've been waiting for all of this and didn't even know it era


2 comments:

rht said...

Of course, I looked it up.
Chat GPT says, "An era is a period of time defined by significant events or changes in history, culture, or society. Examples of eras include the Ancient Era, the Middle Ages, and the Modern Era."
I am in my grandchildren-are-great era and I don't want it to end anytime soon.

Poppy John said...

In West Virginia, when someone points out an ERA,
they wish you to correct a "flaw" or "mistake."