12th to the 15th

My name painted onto Pip’s chalkboard

next to a snowflake hanging on the American

flag.

A man riding a scooter past a bra hanging on a

tree branch.

Neon orange fingernails gripping

a Valentine’s Day balloon before Valentine’s

Day.

A freshman dropped her phone, cracking

the screen as I examined the new pearl ring perched

on my finger.

My sister watching the Twilight

saga movies moments before a homeless

man knocked on our front door.