Inspiracy
One life story.......
Listen my children and you shall hear
thus quoth he into her ear
With her still months shy of a year.
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Ecclesiastes
The Odyssey
All etched in her mind before she was three.
Then came school
hip, swell and cool
hot days at the swimming pool
Degree decision
nuclear fission
late one night a car collision
Marriage, babies
Mortgage, savings
Moving vans, fights, cleaning ladies.
Separation
Court, divorce
Bankruptcy, self-abrogation
Weighing the merits of annihilation
Poetry, freedom
Wisdom, kids grown
90% of it's just showing up.
Listen my children and you shall hear
Thus quoth he inside her ear
Year after year after precious year
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Ecclesiastes
The Odyssey
Epic narratives - inspiracy
Copyright © Nancy Jones | Year Posted 2011
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