How many Novembers

How many Novembers
have I watched you lift
sweet potato soufflé
from the oven
and counted backwards
to the afternoon
we wrapped our daughter
in the blanket
of our tomorrows
and walked
through fallen leaves
her pale-pink breath
on our footsteps
serenading the sky

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