In memory of Kim Underwood.Remind menever to saydon’t overdo it nowto my children.No imploring themto simmer down,take it easy,settle,be good now,not take anyunnecessary risks.I’ve done enoughof all of those thingsfor the lot of us.Let me bethe mother whosupports her childrenin overdoing itcompletelytoday and every day.
#22 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center for New Americans.
Amen.
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ReplyDeleteKim sounds like a cool cat who will be greatly missed. I've spent some time in Doylestown. My grandmother placed her 3 sons in Warminster at Christ's Home after WW2, when she couldn't afford to keep them at home in Philly. Your write brings memories. And yes - overdoit. ~
ReplyDeleteLearning from the physically underprivileged: a lesson in humility sometimes, but always a great chance to be given. Beautiful elegy [?} on a remarkable woman.
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