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Almanac of the Dead 1
for Primrose McDonald Hawthorne
1 July 1924 to 3 May 1994
i
We agree to meet at a restaurant.
There are eight of us from three generations.
It is noisy and we cannot converse easily.
I can hardly hear what you say.
Each time we sit, you and I are separated.
As we walk back to the car, after ice-creams
by the river, my sister and I walk ahead.
I am aware that you are watching from behind.
An unwanted thought,
It would be terrible if this were the last time I saw you.
ii
The next day I feel uneasy.
I could have rung, but I
resisted the urge, feeling
ridiculous about my uneasiness.
I say nothing.
iii
I ring you after you are home again—
three hundred miles away.
1 Leslie Marmon Silko. 1991. Almanac of the Dead