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Grandma Kathy

Mary Gifford 1989 (Rensselaer)

Every time I left you
I told you to be good
Stay out of trouble
You would laugh
My heart would melt
What I would do
For that laugh
If only I could remember
What it sounded like
Your face covers my walls
You have been gone
Two hundred eighty-nine days
And nine months
But who is counting?
I am still waiting on you
To come visit me in my dreams

About this poem

I recently lost my Grandma Kathy June 4, 2022. She was such an amazing woman.

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Written on March 20, 2023

Submitted by maryg.63477 on March 20, 2023

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Characters 343
Words 72
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
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