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Bubbles

Her babblings had a giggling effect,
Children made her a laughing stock,
She was my nursery teacher lovable,
She was bony, wrinkled and old.
Hr forearm had a christ etched,
A mark of her glorious days stretched,
She spoke of religious tenets to children
And sang rhymes tuning lyre comely
There was beauty, the chorus sang
They played  toys with her kindnness
Even the mild wind passed doubts
About her sanity.  She was not earthly,
Geriatric centres foresook her
She was too poor and so a nurse....
We liked her.  Our parents paid her
And one day she didn't come.
We children cried. Parents searched,
And there under the sod she lay
With no memorial service. Poor she was
— U K Atiyodi, Feb 02, 2010

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Victorclaude

Victorclaude

16 years 4 months ago

Atyodi,

"Even the mild wind passed doubts About her sanity. She was not earthly," I love these. Very nice. Victor Claude
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 4 months ago

Yes! Beautifully written,

some great lines. You've captured so many things here, age, frailty, beauty, cruelty, poverty. All with a sublime compassion. This may seem trivial to you but all your works I have read could be made more reader friendly, more assimilable, with a few well placed stanza breaks. Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible