Spring Party, Autumn Post
His sonโs face is covered in a greenish-yellow goo! Chris holds his daughter, showing an โaw shucksโ grin. I stare at his Facebook photo.
The last time he called, I knelt on a sub floor, laying $4.00/tile Italian Porcelain with Jeff. He and I were finishing the renovation of my kitchen. The new floor was the last phase. Chris invited me to catch the game with him and his fantasy football buds at the new wing place in the Palisades. I hadnโt seen him since a house party he hosted in the spring.
โWeโll be there if we can,โ I said.
Five weeks later, after I didnโt show, I finally type something.
Clinging red leaves
One long sigh before
Clicking โsendโ
first published in Image Curve, September 21, 2014
Photograph by Ryan McGuire
for Carpe Diem #1291
Frank J. Tassone 
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