Aunt Alice

Aunt Alice

   Hide the razor blades and rope.
   Put pills away in a hidey hole.
   Make sure all poisons are gone.
   Aunt Alice is coming for a visit.

   She tells such stories of rabbit
   holes and Cheshire Cats and Queens
   demanding "Off with their heads"!
   Mother used to read to her years ago.

   We children love her visits, so full
   of fantasies to excite our imaginations.
   The adults seem oddly quiet and whisper
   that Alice lately seems mad as a hatter.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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