Delia Allyn
August 11, 1909 - November 7, 1999
she was a spunky lady
is a nice way for my spunky lady to salute heri'm glad she met my grandmother
three months before she passed
and nine months before she had been married seventy yearsdelia oh delia, delia all my life
unfazed by the ephemera with which i spend my days
she was reknown for anchor lines
tying you or the conversation
to everything right in the worldi do remember her large frame uttering few lines, and smiling like a lion
when she wasn't too tired from all she'd seen
she had bright eyes, i'll bet, until the day she diedthat didn't keep her long lasting husband from doubting her acuity
sad, distanced, he levied against her a charge of alzheimers
we could say now she was just tired
ready to die
uttering even less than usualthere's one thing she told me i'll carry with me forever
and the rest is all attitude and feeling
taking your job and your family seriously enough to put up with it
and never putting anything but the truth in your mouthi'm glad i've got one of her recipes.
lines links.net forgot:
my spunky girl remembers, grandma describing a disapprovable woman:
saying "she answered the door and she was barefoot,
and she wasn't wearing anything else either"
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