Sharon Whitehill
Granddaughter at 24
Long silver-blue hair azure-tipped,
one side shaved high.
Nose-ring in profile
against a dark window.
Piercings—ears, underlip, navel—
fewer than I had feared, though a black snake
with a Sanskrit-like swirl is inked on one wrist,
petals tattooed on her shoulders
beneath the cascade of her still-heavy hair.
White skin plumped with youth
sets off peach-blush pink lips
(deliberately paled with concealer)
which speak certainties
equally plump.