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Aunt Rena
Brenda Kay Ledford
The smile does not leave you.
Your black eyes still sparkle.
It is your past that fades.
You forget gardening,
the feel of dirt sifting
through your fingers,
picking vine-ripe tomatoes,
gathering peaches in your apron
and making a pie for supper.
You forget kneading dough,
the smell of biscuits baking
in the oven, drinking ice-cold
water gushing from the spring
at Shewbird Mountain.
You clap your hands,
sing hymns when the church
comes to the Care Center.
You gaze at Uncle Bill
who slips you candy bars,
and cannot remember his name.
