THREE THINGS MY MOTHER TOLD ME IN OLD AGE

ACROSS FROM SEATTLE ART MUSEUM

SITTING IN THE GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE:

NOTE TO MOM

And where, really, have I gone, Mother,

but by your side?

Even now,

outside the museum,

you’re with me.

We’re still riding city busses.

Have I ever ridden

a city bus

without taking your picture?

Jim Bodeen

4 September 2014

THREE THINGS MY MOTHER TOLD ME

IN HER OLD AGE, EACH ONE BEGINNING

WITH MY NAME: JIM,

you don’t have to go to El Salvador

     to find God.

you’ve gone too far this time.

you belong to the school that never closes.

Jim Bodeen

2 September 2014