Written for:  November 2022 PAD Chapbook Challenge - Day 7

"Day 7 asks poets to adapt.  Write an adaptation poem."


Marion was with us,
from eight weeks to fifteen years.
She left us in April.
Dear family member–gone.

Marion was with us.
At three, she welcomed Murphy.
Dear family member–gone.
Month after Marion's demise, Murphy, too, was gone.

At three, she welcomed Murphy.
They looked out for one another.
Month after Marion's demise, Murphy, too, was gone.
My heart hurt like a deep wound.

They looked out for one another.
House hollowed of all sound.
My heart hurt like a deep wound.
Husband's dementia worsened.

House hollowed of all sound.
Little conversation ensued.
Husband's dementia worsened.
He sits in a facility; I sit alone.

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