#5
Ode to Ardys Dunsmoor

My mentor retired last year and each Saturday
her absence is tangible--silence its witness,
her hearty laughter a memory,
her Lauren Bacall voice, doling out wit and wisdom,
alleviating our naïveté--

I wore my finest attire today and running shoes
and white socks with panty hose, her signature,
grateful for her presence through the past twenty years.
catherinenglish 1-05-13