I painted my daughter’s nails today
she said she loved
Aqua Maria
I smiled and asked if she meant
“Aquamarine”
she said
“Yeah, Aqua Maria.”
she’s brilliant and doesn’t even realize….

Aqua Maria
here I kneel
sending these ruined pictures
down the river
take them
in your folded hands
and say a prayer for me
so that my soul
doesn’t tarry in limbo too long