Frankie's room

Frankie's room

fiction
edward w pritchard

Frankie's room done in posters,
Hendrix, Brownmiller, and Einstein;
Frankie's room empty now.

Frankie's room smells of cinnamon incense,
peace movements, war protest, and little girl's idealism.
Frankie's room empty now, my girl gone.

Frankie's room have yellow spotted fishing lure on shelf,
Frankie catch bigger fish than me in Canada.
Frankie's room empty now, my girl gone, cancer take my daughter.

Frankie's room very clean now, not like before,
My wife keep her daughter's room and whole house very clean now,
me sit in Frankie's room and reminisce lots of times.
Frankie's room is empty now, my girl is gone, cancer takes my only daughter.

House empty now, house very clean.