Old But Necessary Things Poem by Mel Mackie

Old But Necessary Things



Your mother's mother
is not simply
some ancient creature
whose manner you disdain.
She is one quarter
of almost infinity
of the reasons you exist.
Without her you might
be someone very different,
or no one at all.

Mel Mackie
Monday, February 27, 2012
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