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Poetry | May 2019

Mother’s Day Greeting

By Lisa Macaione

Every year standing in the pink papered aisle,
pulling out card after flowery card
scripted sentiments such as You were always there
for me
and I am so lucky
to have you for a best friend
.
Each one goes back, cardstock dropped
with a smack against plastic casing.

I need a card that says, You left
books around, and now I’m a teacher
, or
We can’t talk politics, but we love
old houses
. On the front, a drawing–
an unmown field, a pasture fence. Instead,
I take one with a tree, blank inside,
where I write, in slanting cursive so much
like yours and Grandma’s, Happy Mother’s Day.
Meaning, I know now
you did the best you could
.

Tagged: March 2020

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