who we always just called
aunt miss
was one of those people who
when i was a kid
already had a refrigerator in her kitchen
and kept cold water inside
in a glass
bottle so when you wanted a drink you never
had to take it from the tap
and she had a television too
where you could see
milton berle that uncle milty
he made us all
get the giggles
and her house had three whole
separate bedrooms
and a screened-in
patio porch with a cement floor where if you were
barefooted
it came right up through your feet to your
chest it seemed like
and whenever aunt miss had a cold or the flu
our uncle george who
was the pharmacist at black's drugstore
uncle george would bring home
green bottles and little brown ones
that would make aunt miss
sit up and wink at people and sing oh
the doo dah
somebody bet on the bay
