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Catching a Wink

Michael Keshigian


I had a birthday in January
blinked twice
now it's October
though a week prior
I went for a six mile run

kissed my 6 year old son
on the forehead
returning forty minutes later
to find him in puberty
my five year old daughter in college

and vivacious dark hair wife
sporting gray
streaks of salt coagulating
on moist brown soil rimming the beach
all our years together

preserved in snapshots
embossed in plastic
on shelves
depicted
with instantaneous wink

of the flash bulb
capturing
joyous moments
glossed bittersweet
till the shutter closes

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