Wow, some great advice here! I love that last line! You continue to knock them out of the park every day! I will be back later, probably much later, with mine!
And so her ma dresses her up all pretty-like in that sunsuit and ruffled bonnet and sets her down in front of me, "Ain't she pretty, Pa take her picture!"
And of course i smile and put the camera to my eye and try to capture that cowlick the stubborn smile and those dimpled knees
all the while thinking about sun-parched crops economic downturn unsavory neighbors and world wars
wondering how her pa can possibly protect all that sweetness from the world's hard.
Wow, some great advice here! I love that last line! You continue to knock them out of the park every day! I will be back later, probably much later, with mine!
ReplyDeleteGo, Lizzy! These are cool people, your relatives. Real or not, they are real. And I am a little scared for tomorrow. Hug. xx
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ReplyDelete"Pa's Lament"
And so her ma dresses her up
all pretty-like
in that sunsuit
and ruffled bonnet
and sets her down
in front of me,
"Ain't she pretty, Pa
take her picture!"
And of course
i smile
and put the camera
to my eye
and try to capture
that cowlick
the stubborn smile
and those dimpled knees
all the while
thinking about
sun-parched crops
economic downturn
unsavory neighbors
and world wars
wondering how
her pa can
possibly protect
all that sweetness
from the world's
hard.
(C) Carol Wilcox, 2016
I tried to get Pa's voice. I tried to write Mama and Papa in two voices. I had to settle for Lizzy's letter-to-my-younger-self.
DeleteI would hardly call that settling! I loved this one!
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