not assuming presence for jokes
daughter set her food in front
of chair to be sure
as dad that would have it if here to share
kefir of fifteen seconds making wild laugh
linger then for reality of day following preparation
homemade after years without rosehips secret etcetera,
I was drowsy but she dropped her head without narcolepsy
yet a quickly to quiet prayer
and there is one who knows the beauty of that
drifting me from nap cognizance
of zoning from junk (in focus)
with my breath able to dance but vulnerable
yet liable and pliable with
a squat to not duck
and a stand to not squeeze out my grapefruit
to inject tumor proof of not ready
but gradual real growth
or recharged with cabbage say
sauerkraut not for sour grapes of must