they giggled like normal girls
ate kosher candy wrapped in
plastic hebrew
wore black flats with tights
they sat next to their mother
her face hard, hawk eyes
she glanced at me
glanced through me
back at her daughters
adoringly, gentle eyes
blue like the sea she
may have never seen
a bag of candy drops to
the train floor
and her thin wrist is revealed
a gleaming watch, gold bands
and I thought
that must be where
all my money goes
when her dad collects rent
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED AND BEAUTIFUL.
