Upright Rachel
Faulkner would be proud of this girl,
Upright Rachel! Just stood up, right
before her parents who could not see
with alcohol in their eyes and walked,
into the world at age thirteen. Grown
Into a woman after the rolling pin
flattened her out like a cookie, but not
her will to make it. What thirty year-old,
Boasts GED, MRS and then divorce,
Yet stands right side up and goes on,
To do whatever it takes for three kids?
More than we admit …
Mother bear with hungry cubs understands,
How to believe in herself and the next feed.
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