Sunday, May 12, 2019

Mother's Day Memo


"Mother's Day Memo"
Remembering Ida
Poem by Anita Pulier

Breathe in her scent.
Thumb through food-stained cookbooks,

touch her buttery fingerprints.

 

Remove little notes

on more garlic or less wine,

place them in your jewelry box,
 

safeguard her secrets

it’s time to unravel

Mom’s clues.


Bow your head to

unique holiday offers

of sensory overload.
 

Recall family dinners crowded

around an orange banquette

curving around a Formica table,


kitchen walls

strewn with flowered wallpaper

insisting on cheer.
 

Allow a moment to grieve

the loss of unconditional love.
 

Pour a nice cup of tea,

open the Times online,

place the cursor

on the world you live in now.



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