Aunt Rose

… the last
20 yrs
of her life
after her
. mother
died
she sat
at that
kitchen
table
hating
the irish

drinking
scotch
mist

&
clipping
obits

loneliness
spread out
in front
of her


like
family
jewels

&
now
years
later
i remember
i had no
kindness
for her

by Jim Bell
from Landing Amazed
Lily Pool Press, Northfield, Ma. 2010Via 3 Quarks Daily