Regrets?
Celia
You grew up speaking Polish
You grew up dancing Polish
You grew up singing Polish
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Why were you so silent when you were grown?
Stasia
She remembers the twenty-five dollar piano
She remembers the opera with Grandpa
She remembers the cornmeal floor for the Boston Fancy
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Why were you so silent when you were grown?
Me
I wish it was you who smiled through the songs reminding of lost love
I wish it was you who remembers your mother's Polish lullabies
I wish it was you who sang to me at 97.
Now you are silent.
I am grown
and
missed your songs
- LLS 2007
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