were on the telephone

                           How old would she have been?caught herself How old will she be?

Fortyseven

Doesn’t seem possible.

None of it does

                   Asif a  bad dream

A bad dream after so long an amazing beautiful dream

                                                                      Then the wheels came off

We didnt recognise they had

    That’s not for us to know, to recognise.

                                                 Imagine if we did.

I imagine that would be unfortunate.

My Maw did

Did?

          Recognised?

I cant tell youI think  I think more  than a hafdozen times  Id come home late Two AM or headed out to do my paper route shed be up sipping a cup of tea at the kitchen table in her robe her hair up  Whas up Maw

Someone in the family’s died. I’m waiting for the telephone call.

Then either waking in the morning to deliver papers or returning from it Id walk into the house and the family woud be crying

The call came

I didnt say anything to her

She didnt say anything to me

 

One Christmas after I moved out moved away I bought her tarot cards

Opening it she threw the deck at meGet them the hell out of my house.   

They offended her?

Yathink

               Have you ever been to Sedona Arizona

No.

Do you know wha a stupa is Tibetan prayer flags are

The flags, yes.

The stupa a Buddhist temple Ive been twice

                                               Aniela an Collin several more than me

An together

    I do not pray but I very much like the prayer the words the stupa suggest if one hasnt a prayer

“By this effort, may all sentient beings be free of suffering.

“May their minds be filled with the nectar of virtue.

“In this way, may all causes resulting in suffering be extinguished,

“and only the light of compassion shine throughout all realms.”

                                                                                   he began to weep

croaked Comforting

                        Comforting to know tha Collin will be our loving emissary tomorow

1734,  reggaefriday,  24  4. 26

1117,  Saturday – Aniela’s birthday,  25  4. 26

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