Her Mother's Smile

HER MOTHER'S SMILE The blindfolded knife thrower listened to the squeak of the turning wheel releasing the blade when she had turned 180 degrees a flash of sliver embedded itself between her legs "Gasp! " gasp the audience. He was blind. The blindfold was only for the audience. got her pregnant in ‘69 but she ran away with the trapeze artist the one with the one leg longer than the other leaving the blind knife thrower after the last show. She died in 1972 her daughter misses her The mother she hardly knew Except for the photos and the odd yellowed review. The blind knife thrower still cries for her leaves a white rose on her grave year after year without fail. The trapeze artist never really cared. People often tell her that her mother will never be dead as long as she's alive. She smiles with her mother's smile.