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Thread #9581   Message #66326
Posted By: katlaughing
27-Mar-99 - 03:04 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Retirement (poem recited by Jean Redpath)
Subject: LYR ADD: Retirement recited by Jean Redpath
Sorry, missed a couple of breaks and typos. Here 'tis:

"Retirement" by Jean Mackie from "A Little Piece of Earth" copyright 1983 printed by Rainbow Enterprises

I sit in long contentment in his house
Wrapped in fire heat and sun heat
The trees break the sun into long lines
Which cross the floor
To meet the steady warmth of the coals
I lie on the old sofa
A rug tucked around me by his gentle hands
Was never lover's bed so surely warm
I see him pass the window --bowed, slow, sure
Carrying plants, seeds, weeds
All these he can still attend
But when he comes into the kitchen
He puts his hand on my head and says
"The beasts are looking fine"
"Tomorrow" I say "Tomorrow I'll come look"
Though I know he sold them all
A dozen years ago