In the August Polaroid
My spastic son Billy, twelve years old,
is flopped against the side of the monstrous stroller
I have to have for him.
The Yankee cap I put on him a minute ago
he's torn off by the back,
clutches the thing, white-knuckled, in his good left hand;
the bill is clamped between his teeth.
His eyes are pointed at me, crossed in concentration.

 

 
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