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Corinne
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0 posted 2001-07-25 08:49 PM


Margaret’s Compromise

Without complaint,
Margaret accepts providence;
putting her faith in Jesus,
she claims it must have been
her husband’s time.

After fifty years of marriage, though,
she’ll never learn to sleep alone;
and since she’s blind,
she’s got no use for
the Caddy or R.V.

She lives in a rust encrusted trailer,
in a mobile home park in Arizona.
The terrain was once a grapefruit grove,
every space has a reminiscent tree,
but the rest is paved over
in black slurry stuff
that sticks to your shoes in summer.

Can’t live in a tin can in the desert heat,
so she sets out on an annual pilgrimage
by ground or air,
to visit friends and relatives
who don’t really want to see her.
She returns with the thunderstorms.

We know she's lonely.
We turn our heads away,
pretending not to notice.

She talks to him every night,
right after prayers,
and I’ll bet he’s answering.

© 2001 Corinne Bailey

[This message has been edited by Corinne (edited 07-26-2001).]

© Copyright 2001 Corinne - All Rights Reserved
SEA
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1 posted 2001-07-25 09:47 PM


corinne~ this is absolutely wonderful   you paint such clear pictures  
Logan
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2 posted 2001-07-25 10:42 PM


And why wouldn't he?  very good write, Cor, hon, but then when don't you?...very gentle smile
Lone Wolf
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3 posted 2001-07-25 10:51 PM


Oh Corinne, this is so realistic!!  Great write!!  

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by the grace of God.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Martie
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4 posted 2001-07-25 11:59 PM


Corinne--This is a wonderful portrait and a pleasure to read.
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5 posted 2001-07-26 12:35 PM


Nice one, Corrine.  Enjoyed this.
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6 posted 2001-07-26 12:38 PM


Corinne~
Remarkably well-written.
A true pleasure to read.
~*Marge*~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Corinne
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7 posted 2001-07-26 11:40 AM


Thank you very much, SEA, Logan, Lone Wolf, Martie, Wandering Glider and Marge!

I really appreciated your kind thoughts!

Corinne

vlraynes
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8 posted 2001-07-31 09:02 PM



Corinne-
   This touched me more than you know.
   Beautifully written, and the imagery
   is wonderful.
   Thanks so much for sharing this.

   hugs,
   ~vicky


"...until you have read the verse on his
heart, you have not truely met the poet."
-vlraynes



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9 posted 2001-08-04 02:31 PM


I'm sure that he is. . .  

an excellent portrait. . . tenderly told my friend. . . you do have a way of making the people in your poems part of us. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

illusion
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10 posted 2001-08-04 03:07 PM


This is very touching and well written.  
Constance
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11 posted 2001-08-04 05:03 PM


Corinne- The sign of a very good write-my heart hurts for a woman I will never know. Well done.
elusive1
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12 posted 2001-08-04 05:07 PM


What an insightful plea for compassion for our neighbor - excellent piece!

Irish Rose
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13 posted 2001-08-04 06:17 PM


  Oh, Corinne....

" I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis"

Kay

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14 posted 2001-08-07 11:25 AM


This is very well written and very sad. Too many of our elders are left alone in the world and we seem to ignore this...

Thank god for the Internet, if I get lonely I'll just come online to visit you.  

Parker

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