Surrounded by familiar
furniture
Relaxing in her
comfortable old chair
Watching the birds peck
out the clover stuck between her patio tiles
Wondering why they did
what they did
Wishing she could have
finished high school
Maybe they would have
taught her about the birds
Four dozen Christmas
cookies were a good start today
She must get done with
this scarf before it was time to go
Softly she placed a mary
jane in her mouth, like Sunday morning communion
Everyone knew Saturday
night was for playing cribbage
It will be good to see
Margie and Ted and talk the night away
Knitting finished, her
eyes raised to the closet
The bronze metal button
glistened from the sunset’s rays
She’d wear the chocolate
brown coat her mother wore
It’s clean texture and
small shaggy loops would be useful tonight
One thing that always
amazed her about this stylish coat with the heavy buttons
Though it was made for her
mother, it also fit her well
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