Adora:
You squeezed
into a one-piece

mounted the rear
of the Rambler
license plate 390-K-W

You rested your legs
between the
rumble seat and the spare

struck your pose,
smiled, showing
what they chauvinistically
called “cheesecake”

We were between
two wars

Thousands walked
the streets

jobs
farms
pride

gone

Lives obsolete

the camera edits all
leaving just the
sassy and young