my baba sits in a midwest
garage with the hood propped
open. blue coolant in a bottle.
small puttering of mice.
small puttering of mice.
one time, yeye died
& I couldn’t get him
& I couldn’t get him
back. could only watch
the metal twitch, the jumper
the metal twitch, the jumper
cables moan. I wanted
to eat fish. I wanted
to eat fish. I wanted
a quick fix. one
time yeye died
time yeye died
& my baba tried
to commit a car
to commit a car
to his hands, spun the wheel
hard, but it wouldn’t
hard, but it wouldn’t
listen. I made baba a cup
of kool-aid. he brought
of kool-aid. he brought
the sugar to his mouth.
