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Posted in Life, tagged , , , on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

when the smoke cleared
everything was gone but your death
which lingers still
in my heart
warning me always
the ultimate consequence of loving
it was worth it, Aunt Shirley.

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Grief-written 2002

Posted in Life, Poetry, tagged , , on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I just found this in one of my boxes (I’m still unpacking some things) and I know that if I’d had a blog when my aunt passed away I would have posted it there. Its strange that I just found it tonight because a couple weeks ago when Carl and I were in Boise [...]

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Old Love

Posted in Life, Poetry, tagged , , , on September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »

They have what everyone hopes for
in love
She called him Jimmy Boy or Old Boy
and he insisted that I call her Lou
“because that’s what she likes to go by”
and when I told her I loved her attitude towards life and pain
he jumped in to say that she’s always been that way.
She’s 86
He’s 92
and even though their [...]

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