7.29.2012

Folding a Blanket With My Young Son


Look,
butterfly wings
I say, folding
and unfolding
the corners
of the blanket.

A blanket --
what possibility!
A tortilla
to roll him in,
a meadow
for living-room
picnics,
a sail
pulling us
to Alexandria.

A cloud. An igloo. A ghost.

A page
from a story
unfolding.