My grandsons beg me
to drive around
their old neighborhood
when they visit

It’s mostly Jujutsu Kaizen
with them these days

So here’s a moment
their heads are up
their eyes are open
their hands still

That one house where the roof leaked
That apartment where the dog died
The field beside their last house
where sister broke her arm

Passed the derelict pool with weeds
the shuttered Frosty Freeze 
the tobacco warehouse flea market 

Passed their old elementary
out for the summer

We stop and run,
hearts open, pumping
to the swings

Remembering that time
we opened our mouths
and words came out