it never ends

![IMG_3081.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmUkMhh2jx3jxk9zruZrUWAtzDYfTMLKQzfSHghvueNLkU/IMG_3081.jpeg) **(1)** **preparing the Obon altar a wind chime rings they’re here** **(2)** **over dinner Grandpa drops pieces of the old days** **(3)** **rambunctious kids it never ends the lazy river** **(4)** **the wind carries the smell of flowers blooming somewhere else** **(5)** **pulling weeds I find the legs of my son’s beetles again** **(6)** **highway robbery — airport water ten dollars a bottle** **(7)** **at my footstep a bird takes flight the spaces we share** ![IMG_3080.jpeg](https://images.hive.blog/DQmWmjjmA9aoV8Fhw2J6ob7HapiePjaZmSYGJsLuRFj9i9M/IMG_3080.jpeg)

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