Goodbye to E.T.

GiaB prompt #13: cinema

Photo by David Clode on Unsplash

I will never forget her luxury
in the unfurl of fins
when Daryl Hannah took her bath

my sister and I spread
blankets on the floor, fashioned
each other like mermaids

I will never forget
how Elliot’s goodbye to E.T.
unearthed the rawest sobs

I clutched the whole universe
then, as we rolled away
from the drive-in theater

Samantha Lazar 2021