3 Avon
A quick ride down the hill to cousin
Shirley’s to pick up Avon, Julie Beth
looking forward to playing with her second
cousins, Mary Beth and Lisa, when suddenly
Mom’s legs stop working. Not asleep, not
cramping just not responding. Panic and then
the emergency brake, Julie Beth surprised and Mom
scared as she began to recognize patterns
from her father’s failing years. A moment to collect
and Mom took the long loop back up the hill
slowly; Julie Beth watched her cousins’ house falling
out of sight afraid to complain because Mom was still
crying.
C.L. Bledsoe
Posted over on The Dead Mule
From his Chapbook--MY MOTHER MAKING DONUTS
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