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Zelda Pratelbaum was a hoot

a jeweler's touch with blintzes

a bad wig a dead husband  

"the looks of a movie goy,

great humor, laughed, you don't

know"

always holding my forearm

not afraid to remind me of

sex

showing me photos of herself

naked

from albums stacked on a

gilded coffee table

David Pratelbaum Photographer

stuck under yellowed scotch tape


I made repairs

She paid me in blintzes

I protested

She paid me in blintzes

I protested

Our freezer full of

white boxes of blintzes


Above Mrs. Pratelbaum's sofa

were photographs

lots of photographs

city winter scenes

a cocktail party

a black and white giraffe

just one that looked like

a shot of relatives

The photographer

not David Pratelbaum

old scratched worn

I asked if they were Relatives

she showed me more

naked pictures  

Laughing

we ignored


A family standing

under a fruit tree

lawn and stone home

falling behind

all holding suitcases

No one looks into the

camera

 
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Kevin is an Artist, Writer, Carpenter and Gallerist in Texas.

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