Bare Feet

dust motes dance.
late afternoon sun on trees
makes me sleepy.

bare-bottomed malcolm
chases the dust motes almost
as though they were balls.

girls homeschooling dolls
their six small lovely daughters.
plastic grandchildren.

barefooted morganne
picks some hedge nettle leaves to
make a doll poultice.

morganne's single braid
swings as she pounds minty leaves.
mortar and pestle.

matisse at window
reading herbal remedies
to older sister.

playing motherhood
mirroring both their parents.
the image flatters.