Thursday, August 22, 2002

My grandfather died in May;

My grandfather died in May; my grandmother is in no condition to travel.  These are the maternal g.p.s; the paternal ones are long gone; my mom never even met my dad’s mom.  My sister’s new husband has no living grandparents.  At their wedding they asked me to say a few words about those grandparents who were there in spirit only and I read this poem:

for prodigal read generous
- for youth read age -
read for sheer wonder mere surprise
(then turn the page)

contentment read for ecstacy
- for poem prose -
caution for curiousity
(and close your eyes)

- e e cummings