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Liz Sinclair
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since 2006-05-06
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0 posted 2006-05-22 11:03 PM



Stargazer Lilies and Dixie Cups


The lemon halves lay in disarray
upon the old mahogany table.
A faint citric aroma permeated
within the room as we squeezed
the pulp into grandma's Waterford
crystal vase, watching the seeds
float up and down with the ice cubes.

As we poured the sugar in, watching
it dissolve into a makeshift tempest,
the clink and clank from the matching stirrer
echoed like the chime chorus
from Tchaikovsky's, The Nutcracker.

On the china hutch laid the construction
paper, like a prism matte, with the
elementary words, Lemonade 5ยข,
written with scented, colored markers.

We dug up some of grandmas stargazer lilies
and arranged them around the legs of the
old sawhorse that was peeking out from
under the plywood covered by the quilt
with the daisy appliques handsewn on it.

Our kaleidoscope of paper ads fluttered
as the wind blew them around
and the sound of big-wheels riding
up and down the sidewalk could be
heard on the next block.

Jenny Pearson was mighty jealous
of our lemonade stand and refused
to buy any, but that didn't stop
the other kids from coming over.

We made $1.25 that day.
Grandma wasn't too pleased to see
that we had used her good crystal,
but her anger was replaced with laughter
when she saw my cousin
push Jimmy Reed down for trying
to steal a cup of our lemonade.

We were glad she didn't notice the flowers.

© Copyright 2006 Lizette Sinclair - All Rights Reserved
Martie
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1 posted 2006-05-22 11:07 PM


Liz...I loved this...it reminded me so much of my youngun days, lemonade and my grandmother.
passing shadows
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2 posted 2006-05-22 11:51 PM


memories here too
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