i.

i am painting two portraits
one
of my mother
one
of my father
and connecting them with a trail of white boxes
a select few with their lids off,
and wondering if people will see little beds
or sarcophagi.


ii.

my father wearing the worn blue
mechanics suit he has had longer than i have
lived, and i
am his daughter.


iii.

today i have been informed that
by my mother
in an indirect way
that she is old
and getting older

these
will be the final in
the series.