Excerpt
Only on Visiting Day
is there chicken frying
in the kitchen at 6 a.m.
and Grandma
humming soft and low,
smiling her secret
just-for-Daddy-and-me smile,
and me lying me bed,
smiling my just-for-Grandma-and-Daddy smile.
And maybe Daddy is
already up,
brushing his teeth,
combing his hair back, saying,
"Yeah, that pretty little girl of mine is coming today,"
with all the men around him
looking on jealous-like
'cause they wish they had
a little girl of their own coming.