__ As a youngster, if I offered my opinion, Maw or Paw would quickly say "we don't need your two cents_!" Now, as I visit their distant grave site, I lovingly leave two pennies on their headstone; they know then, that I still offer my two cents. Margaret, I thank you… memories.
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spare change
found in his pockets . . .
this too short life
—MARGARET DORNAUS
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Very sad, that money is seemed to be so vastly superior to living a truer life. And that there's enough money to make everyone comfortable, but it's taken to make those less confident "more secure and powerful".
dandelion fluff
Batavia lettuce is the color
of money
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Asahi Shimbun (2010)
February 1st, 2017 at 9:35 am
Very beautiful, Margaret . . .
February 1st, 2017 at 10:51 am
Thank you, Marilyn . . .
February 1st, 2017 at 12:02 pm
__ As a youngster, if I offered my opinion, Maw or Paw would quickly say "we don't need your two cents_!" Now, as I visit their distant grave site, I lovingly leave two pennies on their headstone; they know then, that I still offer my two cents. Margaret, I thank you… memories.
_m
February 1st, 2017 at 1:52 pm
Thank you, Magyar, for such an interesting response.
February 2nd, 2017 at 4:37 pm
Oh how moving, Maggie. x
marion
February 2nd, 2017 at 5:58 pm
Thank you, Marion.
February 3rd, 2017 at 10:30 am
.
.
spare change
found in his pockets . . .
this too short life
—MARGARET DORNAUS
.
.
Very sad, that money is seemed to be so vastly superior to living a truer life. And that there's enough money to make everyone comfortable, but it's taken to make those less confident "more secure and powerful".
dandelion fluff
Batavia lettuce is the color
of money
Alan Summers
Publications credits: Asahi Shimbun (2010)
February 3rd, 2017 at 12:54 pm
Yes. True.
March 5th, 2017 at 1:51 pm
Yes, a moving and well-written poem by Margaret. I remember preparing my father's clothes for donation. Blessings, Ellen