Frames: A Family Portrait Pantoum
frames on our parents’ bookshelf
not portraits of their children
we were replaced
by their dogs
not portraits of their children
in matching silver frames
but their dogs
much easier creatures to love
in matching silver frames
Mulligan and Georgia Girl
easier creatures to love
these two spoiled dogs
their dogs – not portraits of us
we were replaced
by easier creatures to love
frames on our parents’ bookshelf
Common Threads 