losing count

of all the food recalls

remembering

grandma's

victory garden

mom doesn't want

to eat today

in and out of reality

I read alice in wonderland

to the grandchildren

nursing home

the old professor

down the hallway

lecturing

the nurse

perseids

who else is watching

from their planet

progress

cloudy day

mom notices

how blue the sky is

as the sun sets

again, mom asks

if it's still tuesday