Rita Dove Quote

Twelve years to the day
he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth.
The trick is to swallow your good luck, too.
Last words to a daughter...
and a wink to remember him by.


Thomas and Beulah (1986). Anniversary


Twelve years to the day he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth. The trick is to swallow your good luck, too. Last words to a daughter... and a...

Twelve years to the day he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth. The trick is to swallow your good luck, too. Last words to a daughter... and a...

Twelve years to the day he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth. The trick is to swallow your good luck, too. Last words to a daughter... and a...

Twelve years to the day he puts the blue worry bead into his mouth. The trick is to swallow your good luck, too. Last words to a daughter... and a...