grandchildpoem #1
rachel’s glazed eyes
don’t stray from the screen
when grandma bounces in
from two-hundred miles away
she doesn’t recognize grandma
as a fairy godmother
© Jacqueline Jackson 2005
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2005.
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grandchildpoem #1
rachel’s glazed eyes
don’t stray from the screen
when grandma bounces in
from two-hundred miles away
she doesn’t recognize grandma
as a fairy godmother
© Jacqueline Jackson 2005
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2005.