Nanny

[Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.]- Rabindranath Tagore Child stopped her crying thanks she knows the prayer of soothing only the infant hears, We adults deaf and inquisitive much Yes, I saw the red birth mark on her nape while she's folding the nappies. Oh! the nap on the broken sofa disturbed my soul and I hear the Woodstock lyrics of Joni Mitchell in my dream.....(And I dreamed I saw the bombers Riding shotgun in the sky, And they were turning into butterflies Above our nation.) nimal dunu