This Poem was Submitted By: carole j mennie On Date: 2001-07-18 17:15:35 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Remembered

Stenciled cows leap crescent moons in a long remembered room. Footed cotton sleepers pad, soft and silent, from the bed  onto cold floor, cross the room with speckled green linoleum, trotting irresistibly, drawn almost magnetically toward a golden sight, leaked light spilling out, licking the floor seeping from beneath a door, beckoning, beckoning. Plotting now, and reckoning,  sneak in low, fling wide the door! See grandma at age 44, reading glasses on her nose, freckled chin in deep repose. Stream of light, incandescent vapor shining from floor lamp onto newspaper, highlighting liquid, iridescent fire her cascading, unbound auburn hair. Waking then, discovering the game, she looks up, smiles, and speaks my name.

Copyright © July 2001 carole j mennie

Additional Notes:
This is one of my oldest childhood memories. I was about 14 months old...


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