sue,
i appreciate the subject. I like the use of etiquette,
very effective & clever. As i said to arthur earlier,
reading this is like taking medicine, too. I've
arguments with parts of the POV but that's* just
because of my personal, current doses of grief ansd
nothing to do with the work....except that my argument
probably gets in the way of an, er, thorough reading.
sorry. {for example, I want to read Grief is a gristle
it does* goos to chew/ and want to let go of the last
line. ) bet that's* just me.
thanks for it
later
calaya


Grief is a gristle it does no good to chew.
Everything flavorless, tough,
till  there is nothing to do
but spit out this lump of heart meat,
this ache in the jaws and breast.
 I am no good at this,
and there's been far too much
of what I can't control.

Slow, deliberate, into the serviette.
I've gained a bone of hope and let grief go.
At the end of the feast
there may to be something sweet
and new. I lift my glass
in gratitude for love once lived
while all around the banquet flows
and no one knows.


Sue Scalf


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