(Wendy Cabell, published (also finalist in contest) in My Sanskriti in Teal, edited by Ruchi Acharya, Wingless Dreamer Publisher, 2023. Originally from May 14, 2022, feast day of Our Lady of Bavaria, the Unexpected Joy Icon of the Mother of God, the Sweet-Kissing Icon of the Mother of God, the Yaroslavl-Caves Icon of the Mother of God, and feast day of Saint Matthias the Apostle, Saint Corona the Martyr, and Saint Maria Mazzerello. Image from our family photo album (previous image was from here, tree shrine to Our Lady of Bavaria.)
Originally from 2022, revisited now in loving memory of my Mother, who in her own way carried Grandma Otten's torch, who carried her Grandmother's, and on back....
Today’s Menu
World economy hires her waitress, ignores my order,
brings what pleases. No wonder this restaurant’s avoided.
Turn to Great Grandma Otten’s instead, opened in the Roaring
Twenties. Lost in the Great Depression. Though she kept the Rosary,
safe in her apron pocket, passed it on. This economy of time
paced smooth, circles round. Skirts the sound of crash
or rise, holds my hand. Each visit a surprise.
*From prompt: Freewrite as inspired by Moinica de la Torre’s “$6.82”; from Lisa Freedman’s Imagination and Justice BreatheReadWrite (IWWG International Women’s Writing Guild), May 14, 2022.
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