A Good Day with Dad in the "Special Neighborhood for the Memory-Impaired"

"A Good Day with Dad in the 'Special Neighborhood for the Memory-Impaired'" by Judy Kronenfeld appears in the 9.4 (Summer 2005) issue of The 2River View. Listen to the poem by clicking the title.

A Good Day with Dad in the "Special Neighborhood for the Memory-Impaired"

We play catch
on the patio.

Mourning doves lift off
from the shrubbery with a clatter

like rattles shaken
over a happy baby's crib

and the baby's
chortling answer.

I am three again.
Or is he three?

I have to aim care-
fully. Allez-oop!

WHOOPS.
I cavort for two.

Bird of Paradise
spreads stiff wings

in the locked garden.