poem for tomorrow, Dec 8, 2022

[Nedra Crowe-Evers]

Hello Group:

Here is the poem I said I'd send.

Even though it is in my thesis, it is still problematic for me because:

1) it is based on a very real primal memory, and I want the poem to be as close to that as possible;

2) That said, however, it was Hart's Restaurant--not Heart's Cafe--where we went to eat after Mass. I thought the latter better poetically

3) My father was Dad, my mother, Mama--two different styles of parental address. The printed one uses "Papa." I changed it.

4) The Cathedral was not gothic (as in the thesis), so I changed it to concrete.

5) My memory of the mirrors is absolutely true. But the way I describe the Cathedral . . . I may have incorporated descriptions of Sacred Heart Church at 39th and J. Which is not where I was.

So, maybe a couple of you could help me resolve my dilemmas . . . if there is time. I realize I am sending this very late.

Thank you!

Nedra