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Margaret's Compromise
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Margaret's Compromise |
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Corinne Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion 
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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).] |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
corinne~ this is absolutely wonderful  you paint such clear pictures |
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Logan Senior Member
since 2001-05-28
Posts 1641Arkansas |
And why wouldn't he? very good write, Cor, hon, but then when don't you?...very gentle smile |
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Lone Wolf Member Ascendant
since 2000-03-16
Posts 5842Lansing, MI USA |
Oh Corinne, this is so realistic!! Great write!! All writing comes |
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Martie
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-09-21
Posts 28049California |
Corinne--This is a wonderful portrait and a pleasure to read. |
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wandering glider Senior Member
since 2001-04-04
Posts 501aloft |
Nice one, Corrine. Enjoyed this. |
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Marge Tindal
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
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 Member Ascendant
since 1999-10-28
Posts 5167state of confusion |
Thank you very much, SEA, Logan, Lone Wolf, Martie, Wandering Glider and Marge! I really appreciated your kind thoughts! Corinne |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
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 |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
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. . . --------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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illusion Member
since 2001-06-19
Posts 296 |
This is very touching and well written. |
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Constance Member
since 2001-07-28
Posts 393Ohio |
Corinne- The sign of a very good write-my heart hurts for a woman I will never know. Well done. |
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elusive1 Junior Member
since 2001-08-02
Posts 15NC |
What an insightful plea for compassion for our neighbor - excellent piece! |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
 Oh, Corinne...." I walked beside the evening sea And dreamed a dream that could not be" George William Curtis" |
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Parker Member Elite
since 2000-01-06
Posts 3129ON |
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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