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Letter from Palermo (Free verse) by Caducus

Rivers of cataracts were hospice aisles, where canteen zombies raped etiquette bludgeoning my youth as I waited for Grandmas high when she'd call me her husbands name until the drugs wore off and she called me 'Giuseppe' rubbing herself till I cried. Syringe maidens and skin pinchers Came to keep her 'comfortable' As Nan asked for Tea To be made in her Ming China cup. I made her a tea with silver In a plastic cup by plastic sheets She whispered 'Giuseppe'. On her eighty eighth birthday Nan crawled by herself to a window Watched the sun fall like memories, Whispering I was told an Italian name Before paling on the golden lino Clasping a letter sent from Palermo. I buried her with Grand Papa but kept her ashes for the South Wind to take her back to Giuseppe.

INTRANSIT 23-Aug-05/1:53 PM
Yes. We had a cat named Joe. Nicknamed him Giuseppe.




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