In the family room
Richard Matta
I set aside a shoebox
for a rubber band. We loved
shooting rubber bands
from our small hands
shaped into guns.
He left for a war, returned
in a box with a hero’s medal
reflecting what he did
over there but reminding me
of nothing we did here.
I want a rubber band
that’ll stretch from
from here to there
and back--
gently placed in a shoebox
never shot
Richard Matta
I set aside a shoebox
for a rubber band. We loved
shooting rubber bands
from our small hands
shaped into guns.
He left for a war, returned
in a box with a hero’s medal
reflecting what he did
over there but reminding me
of nothing we did here.
I want a rubber band
that’ll stretch from
from here to there
and back--
gently placed in a shoebox
never shot