Elm & Elderberry #2 : Sun Shines Through the Trees18 X 24 X 1. 5 Acrylic on Canvas PRELUDE My Parents Were Never Big Drinkers Anniversary or Hot Summer Day My Dad Claimed, as if a Big Thinker Hed Ferment Elderberries in Clay All the While an Elm Tree Was Growing Across the Street from Our Front Yard With the Seeds, the Wind Was Blowing Young Saplings Caught My Dad Off Guard Before the Ugly Things Could Spread Choking the Flowers, Grass, and Fruit Pulling them Out, He Had to Stay Ahead Of Every

They Sprouted

But Crossing that River Made My Heart Shiver

I Can’t Read Well – It isn’t My Fault

She Thinks She Has Done – What’s Best for Me

I liked you before you liked me

This monochromatic piece of Yellow + Black & White

Never Did I See

I was happier than I’ve ever been

But immediately as I think she might be taken by these antics

This Monochromatic piece uses a palette of Yellow + Black and White

bringing it to center stage

In Sixth Grade with Me