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Vera Kilgore Heilig: Her Poetry Lives (2017) H. Morris Williams, Marie Law Haire
Grandchild
By what mysterious alchemy,
Wee off shoot from my family tree,
Do you combine so many varied traits
In harmony that now eradicates
The differences of folk you never knew
To make the whole new person that is you?
My own self from your eyes looks back at me
And in you I find immortality.
Fair Warning
If you were to say “It’s been nice, now goodbye”
There’s a strong possibility that I would cry
But I give you my promise that I will not die
Pronouncing upon you a lorn lover’s curse.
This does not guarantee I won’t do something worse.
Such as: Publish my memoirs in passionate verse.
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