Since she died time has not
marched on for my mother
But ambled, moseyed, meandered, hopped on one foot
And then on the other, jumped rope (single and double-Dutch)
Gone off on tangents and sometime flowed uphill
So that my 10 year old self accepts days
When he eats lunch (a hamburger on rye bread;
Cream of mushroom soup from a shallow green bowl )
With me as I was at 7 months (some sort of glop, eaten with gusto)
Or as I may be at 96 (some sort of glop, eaten with gusto).
But ambled, moseyed, meandered, hopped on one foot
And then on the other, jumped rope (single and double-Dutch)
Gone off on tangents and sometime flowed uphill
So that my 10 year old self accepts days
When he eats lunch (a hamburger on rye bread;
Cream of mushroom soup from a shallow green bowl )
With me as I was at 7 months (some sort of glop, eaten with gusto)
Or as I may be at 96 (some sort of glop, eaten with gusto).
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