pad day 12 - a form poem

A slightly different poem than the one I posted over at poetic asides. A fib - the form is based on the fibonacci sequence.

(fib)

School
boy's
velvet
cropped short hair
on the seat in front
on the bus
she wants
to
touch

day 12 - if only

If only

I step across the world
from partner to daughter
with three kids as cargo.

They vomit, squabble,
refuse to walk another step
in no particular order.

I will shiver
at playgrounds and forgo
the Van Gogh museum.

It’s enough to be there
at the kitchen table
with Mum.