Gifts

My grandmother’s hearing is going 

suddenly quickly fast.

Her ears feel foggy and I imagine she feels like cereal clogged in milk.

She laments of how today she couldn't hear the lifting of the wings of black birds or the call to prayer or her daughter on the phone.

Right after our call she sends me photos of stones she's painted

messages how she plans to hide them on the paths she walks 

little lovely treasures

Gifts

and I wish the best gift for her

to hear again 

Utterly and Fully again.

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