I hear its cryptic trill
And I’m back twenty years, in bed
At my grandmother’s, waking
On sheets scarred by her mending.
Downstairs, the clock chimes;
My grandmother’s steps begin to trace
The choreography of breakfast-making.
I hear my mother’s voice break in,
Her second-generation laughter.
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