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Mother, Edith, at 98

July 18, 2010 by · 1 comment

Michael Lee Johnson

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Edith, in this nursing home
blinded with macular degeneration,
I come to you with your blurry
eyes, crystal sharp mind,
your countenance of grace-
as yesterday’s winds
I have chosen to consume you
and take you away.

“Oh, where did Jesus disappear
to”, she murmured,
over and over again,
in a low voice
dripping words
like a leaking faucet:
“Oh, there He is my
Angel of the coming.”

2007

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