There are sliced carrots in the shape of a cowbell,
\nbecause I understand
\nthat great food should sing to you.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a movie we\u2019ve never seen before
\nand a Japanese instruction manual.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a novel about Alzheimer\u2019s
\nand some magic memory pills for your mother.
\nThere\u2019s an automatic food dispenser
\nso you don\u2019t have to bend down to feed the dogs anymore.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a travel bag with a Bible
\nand a plane ticket to Paris.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a color-coded flow chart
\ndescribing the best way to carry a conversation with Grandma.
\nIn the bottom right hand corner, in fine print, it explains
\nyou may have to adopt new tactics on the fly.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I caught Grandma watching <\/p>\n To my caring and worried mother: <\/p>\n All the Post-It notes <\/p>\n The horse <\/p>\n What of it, <\/p>\n This barrel-bellied man There are sliced carrots in the shape of a cowbell . . . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4166,"template":"","categories":[9,49,119],"tags":[1184,6,1185,1186,1187,1188,288,1189,209,1106,1190],"class_list":["post-4164","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aquifer","category-literary-features","category-poetry","tag-alzheimers","tag-aquifer-the-florida-review-online","tag-dementia","tag-elegy","tag-grandfathers","tag-grandmothers","tag-grandparents","tag-jalen-eutsey","tag-mothers","tag-parents","tag-to-my-caring-and-worried-mother"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Hulk<\/em> in Spanish today.
\nI just flipped to the English version.<\/p>\n
\nraising your voice won\u2019t help,
\nthere is no cure.<\/p>\n
\non all the cabinets
\nshould say: open with caution,<\/em>
\neat with intensity,<\/em>
\nremember,<\/em>
\nwe love you<\/em>
\nand we\u2019ll help you<\/em>
\nfind the watch<\/em>
\nyou stuffed in the cookie jar.<\/em><\/p>\nElegy<\/h3>\n
\nnuzzles the back of my hand
\nas if the damp home of its nose
\ncould stand not one more dark
\nsecond of this unfettered freeze.<\/p>\n
\nshe asks after we\u2019ve had our hot
\nmeat and stale versions of drug,
\nsitting in lotus pose
\nfacing my grandfather\u2019s headstone
\nwhere every engraved sentence
\ncurved tinsel of truth
\ninto the steaming mouth of myth.<\/p>\n
\nmade a small southern town
\nseem like a place God had visited
\nand forgot to bless.
\nHe was that damn bold,
\nthat unforgettable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"