(for Kevin and Ashley Just)

And just like that the house
of the Haags becomes
the house of the Justs,

the next generation of
Justs with the signing of
legal documents and

thumbprints affixed
and notarized. And a
Just who was once

a Haag passes the keys
to her son as the last
of the Haags snaps

a photo or four, while
the two Haags who made
that house our home

look on from their
spot in the firmament,
cheering like they did

when that once little
blond boy stepped up
to the T with the ball

resting on top and gave it
a mighty whack, sending
it flying into his future,

the one that we think of
as the here, the one
we call the now.