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Lady in Waiting

This beautiful mule
of a woman
old and balky
squatting on
ancient haunches
and braying as I
pull on her rope
as hard as I can
so she will go
to the Botanical Garden
a place she loves
has a right to see
from her wheelchair
a cat on her lap
a rose in her hair
one last time.

Submitted: Friday, March 22, 2013

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