Childhood ended with Mother's decree
we no longer play together
for reasons
obscure
...
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Martha-Simply divine remembrance-I had wistful images of my own childhood, when I used to go to my uncle's and grandparent's farms-especially like the use of words 'loping....soft dust cow paths', so laden with tenderness and innocence. Juxtaposed with early experiences of death-the tiny baby mice. This is precious stuff. Phillip
Martha, Really enjoy this poem. Time restructures everything and some where along the way our hands grow busy by necessity and our minds are still looking back. Carolynn
Sent after the cow for evening milking, we loped along the soft dust cow paths, past