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The Woman He Loves |
My brother in a retirement home can barely walk
still he’s happy his daughter wins
college scholarships graduates
from high school co-valedictorian
spends his money on graduation pictures
his joy in seeing her love her first year of college,
beams at the As he gets,
he finds a beloved at his retirement home,
she’s always sitting on his bed across from him,
my brother hustles me up to take them shopping
despite the daily awful back pain,
the latest bout with pneumonia,
he’s busy giving gifts to his daughter his girlfriend
copyright 2012
Julia
Stein |
