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Final Rally

Janet Kuypers, 08/31/06

last night my sister called me
after we all heard
about how mom couldn’t stand up
and it looked like she was going to die very soon
well, last night my sister called me
and told me she just talked to dad
and heard that mom was feeling better
that she uses the walker
to get her medication at night
she’s still able to use the washroom
and she even had champagne with blackberries

she was feeling better
she even asked for wine coolers

and my sister and I laughed
I said, “She shouldn’t be drinking alcohol”
and she said, “I don’t care if the blackberries
are covered in alcohol, it’s food”
and we were thrilled she was eating something again
and we thought she’d be able to hold on
for a little longer now

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when I heard the news
about my mother’s passing,
what, an hour and five minutes ago
and it was my job
to tell my brothers and sisters

I thought for a minute
and wondered if I should tell them
at the beginning of their work day
because the news will destroy their day
and there’s nothing they can do
while they’re at work

and then I flashed back
to when my grandmother died
you see, I was in school
and was due home on Saturday
and my family decided not to tell me
that my grandmother was sick
because there was nothing I could do

well, when I heard
that they held off on telling me
I told them I could have come home sooner
I could have seen her
before she died

so I knew I had to call everyone
I wouldn’t want them to feel
the way they made me feel

even though I was only giving them grieving news
they needed to know,
the just did

so I called to people
talked to my brother

he told me of how he brough grandma home
from the hospital
and she sounded great
she was acting happy
and he thought,
this has to be all of her energy
and that she was going to die soon

and she did

and he described it as like her last rally
her last chance to be happy,
to live

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when I heard last night
that mom was drinking champagne with blackberries
I told my husband
that we should buy some blackberries
and celebrate mom feeling better

the champagne is chilling, but
we never got the blackberries last night

we had no idea
mom would be celebrating
with blackberries in her champagne
in her final rally

so I’ve got this bottle of champagne
in my refrigerator
and no blackberries

they are my favorite fruit, you know

but I’ve got this bottle of champagne
in my refrigerator
and no blackberries

and I don’t know what to celebrate anymore

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