Change
Dollar seventy four
Twelve coins and a token
in vertical sequential circles
1959 Lincoln Memorial penny
My parents at fourteen
live only blocks away from each other
unaware
Quarter 1966
Two years from silver
I don't think they've met
Camden Catholic Bishop Eustace
the recent past
A 1977 dime minted in Philly
Married nine years
they move to East Cedar Avenue
settle in
and begin restoration
by uprooting tacky kitchen tiles
Maternal grandparents from 6152
arrive in September
Seventy seven cents span through '86
Two pennies three quarters
Somewhere along the line
they buy the condo in Ocean City
and the summers sail together
seamless
Another quarter and a cent
each in '87
The house quiets
one less son sleeping upstairs
Two coins leave the '80s behind
Jobs change
PICU moves from three to four
Uninsured
New Jersey spawns Caribbean schemes
School starts again
for mother
sons and daughter
Summer beckons
two year from silver
Dollar seventy four
And a token