HONEY
SHE’S AS SWEET AS TUPELO HONEY
She is covered in red freckles from head to toe this
human Dalmation from high school some 45 yrs. ago
Not walking all that well One leg doubtful Same smile
+curly red hair Sweet Cheryl something ?? She’s seen
the last of carefree
Now visiting a frail mother Wrapped in recrimination +guilt
Said mother eyes her warily +bites her wrist hard as she tries
to exit I watch from the sidelines where I sit with my old mother
who has not tried to bite me yet
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Summer 2018
songanddancegirl 