![Looking through pictures
for a family reunion
Here’s one from a hundred
years ago or more
Grandma Meili
dignity & beauty
shining through
Four around her skirts
and baby in arms
all of them readying
for their roles in my movie](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Still-Life-with-Squirming-Baby-.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
Still Life with Squirming Baby
![Looking through pictures
for a family reunion
Here’s one from a hundred
years ago or more
Grandma Meili
dignity & beauty
shining through
Four around her skirts
and baby in arms
all of them readying
for their roles in my movie](https://i0.wp.com/www.neilmeili.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Still-Life-with-Squirming-Baby-.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1)
More births are recorded in Chinese communities in the Year of the Dragon than any other year – parents believe it is the most auspicious sign to be born under
https://goodyfeed.com/2024-dragon-year-babies-parents/
For the children of Ukraine: May their national flower smile on them again.
BEER PARLOR 2 THE DARK SIDE
Inside all is sound and fury
old friends catching up
a tough week sliding away
drop by drop
Outside, son or daughter
watches the door
every time it opens it’s him
but it isn’t
With every neighbor going in
sending a mounting plea
“What about me”