Grieving (CTG)

[Christopher T. George]

Grieving

Isolated in my grief, I drive downtown
to pick up Mom's prescription, decide
not to say her brother passed yesterday,
don't wish to spoil tonight's wedding
of the granddaughter of a late friend,
in which Mom will stand in for grandma.

Now, I am driving home wearing two
red baseball caps in honor of my uncle,
famous for wearing two ties to a funeral.
The world's shot; it's all bad news today.
Yet, on a streetcorner, a poet passes
out fresh copies of The Daily Word.

Christopher T. George

[BoHo]

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[blonde madonna]

Love the mood of this poem and its apparent simplicity (but didn’t pick up on the Greek architecture).
If I read it right grandma should not be capitalized as this would be confusing. As I read it she is not your Grandma but the grandma of the bride.
The change from I to you really changes something though, it’s amazing the difference a little distance can make to in the way we see/feel things.

[Hero In The Seaweed]

I like your style, Chris.