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Photo © 2024 Jennifer Wagner |
Two years
was not long enough
to know your light.
You gave me
your handwritten recipe
for orange marmalade;
your daughters gave me
your cookbook holder,
serving bowl,
a vessel of sun
from your backyard—
and spaces to hold
the reminder
of your smile.
My sweet neighbor, Sarah, passed away on August 31st. Her husband, John, passed away on September 2nd, but that is another poem.