What she could do
Maneuver with delicacy
a chainsaw or CAT.
Toil with trim and curse at
crown-moldings.
Recite every line of Pride and Prejudice.
Render exquisite caramel, fine confitures
in her French copper pot,
bake apples in cinnamon—sipping
on a glass of hot orange water.
Work her industrious hands to start an IV,
wipe away hot tears, repeat the loops of another
“Goddess bracelet”. Be the still beanstalk
safe in her garden, or the electric summer storm.
Walk strong. Laugh till she cried. Kick-out
her foot, with a sassy hand on her high hip.
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With special thanks to Elizabeth Holmes
What a great description of your mother (?). I like the unique details given about her, especially the contrast from chainsaws to Pride and Prejudice.
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