" Docs on Battlefields "...

" Docs on Battlefields "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Docs on battlefields
with half kisses
like the last words
of The Pledge of Allegiance

for mom-and-pop candy shops
not showing one's age
during weight classifications
of beardless faces
spouting scholarly phrases
from The Olden Days

given unflattering makeovers
in recent portrayals
by Pre-K illustrators
being buoyed over multi-
generations all in crayon...