Original cover painting by Elaine Lewis
Water Over Time
All I know now
is what I remember
Forty years
have swallowed
my house
Mold on concrete
is hard to remove
easier to build anew
In the mom and pop
across the street
I bought cigarettes
for 35 cents
A proud clerk
tells me this was
the first store
in Talofofo
Too young
for cigarettes
too old for
lollipops
I peer
through bamboo reeds
afraid to go inside
Water over time
is sacred