Stockings

I saw them in the movies

my Mom told me seams

must always be straight

I wasn't allowed to wear

stockings until I was way

past eight, garter belt rose

I slid those stockings over

my toes, one foot then the

other, worked them up

my legs encased in hose

silky sheen no seams

milky white above

December Flock

White ibis fly west at sunset

over my head in V formation

bellies scarlet reflect

extinction