8/13/2019

Thinking of My Aunt




                                               Watching      collage  artist: Ellouise Schoettler  circa 1998
           
Carson McCullers
Ellouise Schoettler

Carson McCullers is passing by
She lived in a boarding house down the street

Every day she walked up to get some kerosene
For her lamps.
She carried it home in a glass bottle.

Carson McCullers is passing by

My aunt ran to the upstairs window and peered out from behind the curtain
To watch the woman walking by
Its Carson McCullers 
She’s a writer

I knew by the sacred tone of her voice that was important
She’s a writer
She puts words on paper and people read them
She’s a writer

Carson McCullers is passing by
My aunt never wrote
She paid me 25 cents if I would write something
No matter how bad

Be a writer

My aunt never wrote
But she could talk

Today I am a talker.
And a writer
Thanks to Carson McCullers passing by.



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