Her Note
written by: Carl “Papa” Palmer
I recognize her flowing calligraphy
always with brown India ink using
her engraved Sheaffer gold nib pen
on a monogrammed linen envelope
my name and address titled outside
inside a poem she wrote just for me
found by a cleaning team member
behind the night stand in her room
magnanimously stamped and sent
an old fashioned letter in her hand
from the heart of my oldest friend
arriving eleven days after she died
NOTE:
Based on the Prompt – The Last Letter
Carl “Papa” Palmer of Old Mill Road in Ridgeway, Virginia, lives in University Place, Washington. He is retired from the military and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enjoying life as “Papa” to his grand descendants and being a Franciscan Hospice volunteer.
PAPA’s MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever!
PAPA’s MOTTO: Long Weekends Forever!
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