Grandma Pearl

 

Standing outside the old

J.C. Penneys,

Hamilton, Missouri.

Barn-wood face

faded print dress

over a bent frame.

Knee-hose rolled

watches tourists

tying down

genuine Amish buggy wheels

 

 “Now they’ll go stick ‘em

in the ground,” she tells me.

“Somedays it’s better than

a picture show.”