I Think She Had a Husband Once

I think she had a husband once, an uncle stated firmly.
I don’t think so argued her cousin, we call him M.T. Wormly.
Where would he be? Asked grandma, looking at her crochet hooks.
I guess he’d probably be dead, smothered beneath these awful books.
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Hankins Avatar
November 30, 2022 at 12:12 PM
I take it she was a voracious reader!
Krutsinger Avatar
December 3, 2022 at 7:02 PM
A hoarder of books!
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