by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen

Created on: February 26, 2007   Last Updated: October 29, 2011

She said she knew you.
I of course took up her time
quoting our best/ worst moments.
Yet, only in my head.

She never really heard our history.
My memories burn still unspoken

"Be sure to call her everyday", she said

"Every' day?
Every single day?"
I blinked and fell silent.

"Just keep it short
that's really all that's needed"

How do you fill a bottle too small?
How do you comb the hair of an old dolly
who's locks are now sparse?
How do you find the voices
remembered
take them back
comfort them
instruct them in the art of positive thinking?
My moods are not always my own.

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