Dorothea​--By Carl "Papa" Palmer--United States

Dorothea​

Her voice was musical and alive,

each sentence ended with a smile.

Her laugh contagious, I grin at the memory

and chuckle at the thought.

No birthday, anniversary or holiday forgotten,

always a visit, card or telephone call.

Surrounded by family at her insistence

on any and every occasion.

She made sure you ate seconds

and carried the leftovers home.

After all meals, at anyone’s house,

she helped clean and put everything away.

She never came to any home without a gift

or let anyone leave her home empty handed.

Her voice was musical and alive.

Carl "Papa" Palmer, retired Army, retired FAA, now just plain retired, lives in University Place, Washington. He has seven chapbooks and a contest winning poem riding buses somewhere in Seattle. Carl has been nominated for the Micro Award and Pushcart Prize.

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