and right out of her mouth

flew an eagle

soaring and swooping.

What a bird!

Unlike anything

I’d seen or heard.

Oh, but I heard

and it didn’t sound

oppressed to me.

–

(Of course, if I understood more than one-seventieth of what she was saying, I’d be able to provide a fleshier commentary. But, g’damn, her voice is impressive.)

If we do not write,
we will forget
and be
forgotten.

[I'm reminded of my late maternal grandfather who would keep rectangles of cardboard torn from cigarette cartons in his pocket and use them to note down any thing of interest. He was a meticulous record-keeper, and each family member had their own file in the curious grey cabinet I'd spend hours scratching through as a child. Birth records, school results, newspaper clippings, First Aid certificates, letters; that's how I met my mother's brothers who had passed on before I was born.]

Food, friends, family;
A full house
makes for a big home.