auntie’s coming 
let’s go the store 
we’re gonna make 
that special roast 

I need your help 
put on your coat 
she’s making 
a visit just for us  

in for the weekend 
with strange presents 
chatting to mom about 
unheard adventures

bright lipstick 
tight sweaters 
leaving impressions 
on the subconscious 

decades later 
in another life 
tells me she can’t 
stay the night 

got to be up 
and out by five 
to visit her sister 
and her little boys