[Critique Group 1] Leonards coments onSally's piece form Feb.

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My  most heart felt prayers go out to you. Ican’t imagine what you are going through. I’m glad you have writing toameliorate  Your sorrow. 




 


NINE MONTHS



 



 



Nine months ago today,



My husband died on



An unseasonably cold



And bleak May morning.



The seasons have beenkind, but it is hardly a boon.



 



Unrelenting rain pelted



windows at the end



Of the hospitalhallway 



As His family and I,



Having left his bodyalone,



Waited for a downelevator.



One of his sisters who



Had spoken little to me



in years uncharacteristically,



Called Me an amazingwoman



As we huddled under



A useless umbrella on



Our way to a waitingcar.




 



 


 She was mistaken.



I was in shock and



Thought the weather



mirrored my loss.



 



Nine months later, it is



A warm February day



With rain rather than snow.



Be it climate change or



Nature’s bewilderment at



the death of one goodman



And at my life still



Turned upside down,



The elemental gods’



Mercies offer smallcomfort.



 Maybe theseason’s turning offer solace for the coming months.




 


                                               Sally Rosenthal



 


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