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Aunt Cindy

Aunt Cindy

she was

the younger sister

the golden child

always a lady

she married young

and had a son

and ended up

raising him alone

she was good

with numbers

and made a life

her mother came to visit

and never left

and there she was

young and beautiful

caring for her baby and mother

took its toll

weighed down on a small frame

heavyset and puffing

no one to turn to

so, she turned to food and retail highs

and as the years drew by

she found God

and cancer found her

and gave her back a small frame

she had no funeral

ended up in ashes

her soul finally free

to go home

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery