The Perfect Gift

My Aunt Sydelle turned 91;
To find a gift was hard,
But then I had a great idea –
A years-old Mah Jongg card.

She’d mentioned wishing that she had
A card from ’55,
The year when she first bought her set,
To keep that time alive.

On eBay I did track one down
To match her Mah Jongg set.
Her face when she unwrapped it
Was as thrilled as one could get.

Way back in 1955
When this same card was new
No one could have quite predicted
It would make a fresh debut.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Johnson Avatar
August 23, 2019 at 5:41 PM
Good job ilene. <3 :) On the poem and the gift.
Wolf Avatar
August 20, 2019 at 12:14 PM
Very creative, as always, Ilene. Great idea for Sydelle! :) gw
Green Avatar
August 20, 2019 at 7:42 AM
Really fun to read Ilene. What a beautiful poetic story.
Cunningham Avatar
August 19, 2019 at 11:50 PM
What a thoughtful gift you bought her Ilene, and what a great age too, I hope she had a lovely day. Tom
Rodrigues Avatar
August 19, 2019 at 9:10 PM
Fun! Enjoyed, Ilene!
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