tellings:
slender woman
my Mammaw
just shy of five feet
–was a lot of tall in her–
poker-faced her way
into an all-night
high stakes
5-card stud game
toddler in tow
to collect
my Daddy Pa
her fist hard-shoved
in apron pocket
Time to come home Aut
burly miners jumped
chairs tumbled
Daddy Pa folded