Cross Pollination

I’ve one full-blooded niece, born to my sister. Two ex-nieces, born to my ex-sister-in law—all still considered family. One
half-niece, born to my husband’s half-brother—the one he never got to meet. And two half-nieces, born to my half-sister—the one I’ll never tell my mother about.

through a gap
in the neighbor’s fence
volunteer sunflowers