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Photogravure – Woodmont, 1934<br />

Oldest to youngest,<br />

six children stand<br />

in single file,<br />

each pair of hands resting<br />

on the child ahead:<br />

the first-born<br />

clasps his own.<br />

The beach is filled<br />

with stones, typical<br />

Connecticut terrain,<br />

but still they’re dressed<br />

for play and several<br />

smile impishly, prepared<br />

for further mischief.<br />

Their oneness<br />

caught on film<br />

contains the bits and pieces<br />

they have culled<br />

from immigrants<br />

and scholars,

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