“Great Aunt Bartow” by Mandy Austin Cook
Oh Come In! My DAAAHRLING!
How are you, you amazing beloved dear?
Sit and have a peppermint
you simply MUST listen to my day!
………my week
……..my last 18 months
which spans naturally over the last 150 years.
What about? Why, My adventures of sailing the sands
in oceans of otherwise undiscovered realms
of jungle escapading through deserts of just down the street
You mean you don’t understand?
Oh how delightful! LET ME EXPLAIN!
I’ll weave a tale of fairy musings
all from the pocket of the elf that lives in my cupboard
it’s a delightful diamond spiderweb!
Couldn’t you just listen ALL DAY?
You couldn’t? Well, WOULD you… please?
You don’t have to leave? Now? NOT SO SOON!
I’m creating my French delight today!
You simply MUST stay!
Oh? Why yes…
of COURSE that means I’m cleaning out the refrigerator
and you’ll receive a witches brew
full of combined leftovers to contemplate…
but it’s my SPECIALTY! Come. Sit. Stay!
Enjoy the eccentricity
for it is my superpower.