Bon Anniversaire

 

a ma belle grandmere

you have never left me

i think of you every day

 

i still wear your bracelet

i still pray with your rosary beads

i still use your garlic crusher 

 and your red saucepan

 

i know you loved pansies and geraniums

 

 

 

i know you loved Charles Boyer

and Maurice Chevalier  

 

 you transformed your humble little abode into a palace

a haven of security and warmth

 

 

 i know you would have loved to live in a house like this 

i wish i could have given it to you. 

 

 and of course  what would a birthday be

without you singing  along with Tino Rossi on a 78 disc

 

 

 

 the avocados (your favourite)  are plentiful and much cheaper now 

the chicken is too but no flavour

 the wine is no longer corked

people eat food from tins

and takeaway

the world is different now

you wouldn't like it

je t'aime ma belle memere

tu me manques

thank you for years of enrichment

colour kindness and love

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