"Grandma: Ms. Marjorie Fogarty"
Red Geraniums on the sea wall at Clear Lake,
Scolding Gerard for scaring granddaughter Kim with wolf growls from the dark room under the house,
Spraying Solarcane on Jeff's sunburned scalp.
A well set table.
Velvet crumb cake with cinnamon sugar topping,
Serving peanut butter and Vidalia onion sandwiches,
Asking grandchildren to eat beef tongue,
Fresh raspberries and cream.
Dominoes at lunch. Yahtzee at cocktail hour with a little dish of nuts.
Sorority sister, sailor woman, good neighbor.
Dual family Matriarch --
Daughter, Mother, Grandma, Great-grandmother, Ancestor:
Rest now. Be at peace. Continue loving in your own special way.
Be at peace. Rest.
by Jeffrey S. Melcher, son of Rosalind Fogarty Melcher and Richard Glenn Melcher
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