5

age of 5
4 bullets in her mother's chest
drunk father/lost mother
how many tears? Years before this block
can be dissolved with salt tears
They can fall now(it is Fall-waterfalls now
All Come Forth!(Volunteers...waiting...witnesses
She still young.Older than mother
Still 5 frozen.Witness.Loss
dis/solves in tear/drops
ink.

i listen as she speaks-
"now i have the love of my life
i no longer drink,nor drug,nor prostitute myself
i have found something stronger than my needs
and he loves me .."then he enters,and they hug
publically,privately,pluperfectly,grammatically free verse
smiles and teardrops..