[Critique Group 1] Sally's June submission

[Sally Rosenthal]

                                D-DAY VIGIL

 

 

On tenterhooks in her parents' home

In the war-ravaged English Midlands, 

she sat and watched as the sky darkened 

with fog and clusters of aircraft,

great birds of prey now bent on

an unknown mission of salvation,

Formed a relentless migration toward the coast.

 

With restless energy, she stirred a pot of lentil soup,

Switched on the wireless, and put the kettle on the hob.

Sensing her American paratrooper beau 

was involved in this frenzy, the young woman 

who would become my mother prayed silently

amidst droning planes and simmering soup.

 

                                                -Sally Rosenthal- 

 

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