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Monday, June 20, 2016

JULY FOURTH

JULY FOURTH

We let Blake decide
Whether three-year-olds should best
Watch fireworks inside

DRK
7/4/2013

Thursday, June 16, 2016

EMILY PROCEEDING


EMILY PROCEEDING

Row after row, caps and gowns identical
The Okemos High School class of 2016
Process to Pomp and Circumstance
And somehow emerge as individuals

Each with a past unique
Is reminded by speakers of what they shared
Sitting among friends and those who cared 
Not alphabetized

They move across the stage
Away from the familiar
Name after name
Toward futures largely personal

I wonder how many will
Get the words of the Alma Mater
Memorized

DRK
June 5, 2016



Tuesday, June 7, 2016

EMILY'S BIG DAY


EMILY'S BIG DAY

Graduate at one
Celebrate, anticipate
Go to work at four

DRK 6/5/16