'round
I have to leave today
if only
for a while
like
his mother leaving for a walk
around the Hundred Acre Wood
and he asking before
would you like
me
to go with you with her replying
no
but when I return
greet me as if
I had been away
a long time
no mother or
another
to whom to say
that
to
or hear that from
though
needing to leave
also
to return
in a later hour
of this day
having gone around
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Christopher Milne tells the story of the walk and the question in The Enchanted Places. This Christopher better known as Christopher Robin. (And I nearly forgot mentioning that his name was how I got my own. Christopher, not Robin but for him, anyway, my mom really liking the stories.)
photograph by Lukasz Szmigiel on Unsplash
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Prayers for Alan Alexander
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Yesterday was A. A. Milne’s birthday
I didn’t know
And didn’t learn
Before posting time
(which sounds like horses
on the track
sorry, horses)
Anyway and, oh, bother
For not knowing
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Nothing new to pray for
Regarding supplication,
I suppose,
Except that A. A. be welcomed
Into heaven
And his boy who died some years
After and for us
Some years
Ago
And that both and all
Go on to play in
The Hundred Acre Wood
Until it’s time for honey
Then rest upon the bridge,
Followed by
Trudging up the stairs
To bed
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Sunset in the forest.
Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash
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