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Word Cloud
Funeral Wreaths
a wedding and two funerals
It’s that time of year again
between birthdays
a month apart
mine and yours
mine, I still wait for that
phone call
no matter where you were
who you were with
you’d call to wish your daughter
happy birthday
and I the same for you
I remember our wedding
two dads
one putting me in the car
at home
you taking me out
walking me down the aisle
laughing as you told us about
knocking on doors that morning
for someone who could
tie your tie
it had been so long
we visited your mom that day
wedding party, pictures and all
descending upon extended care
four months later she died
as I sat there beside her
looking into her eyes
whispering in her ear
that she was going to be
a great grandma
a year later we buried you too
in that same suit
a wedding and two funerals
another stranger
tying your tie
I was home with a five month old baby
when Don came home from
work early, 10 am
chain reaction
she called your nephew
he called mom
she called Don
forty six years old
you died that night in your sleep
the same evening I had
called to say hello
but you were out
bingo calling for the seniors
twenty years old
I still took control
made the calls
planned the funeral
picked out your casket
granite headstone
fought with human resources to
help cover the costs
and fourteen years later
finally
I write about it
a wedding and two funerals
About the author: Donna lives in British Columbia, Canada with her three sons. She has been seriously writing poetry for two years now, drawing much of her writing style for realism from life around her, her family, and her work as a child educator. Donna’s poems have appeared in print by One Dog Press, and Sex in Public out of CA., Poems Niederngrasse from Switzerland and Peshekee River, in MI. They have also been published online by a number of literary webzines, including Thunder Sandwich, Mind Fire Journal, the HOLD, Writer’s Choice, Disquieting Muses, Rogue Scholars - East Village, Horsethief’s Journal, Clean Sheets, Mind Caviar, and Comrades.
Copyright © 1999 by Donna Hill. All rights reserved.
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