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Betty the Best by Kim Valzania

July 23, 2015 By Kim Leave a Comment

Betty

Betty the Best

What I remember about you is this

The way you smoked those long brown Mores forever the

way your velour outfits always matched

top to bottom

your quick to giggle your clever wit

your phony German accent

your perfect Catholic School handwriting the way

you danced your little jig your

one ball of chocolate ice cream policy in a green melamine bowl your

river pebble counter top

Your Toll House cookies

And your 5 dollar slips into my pocket

Your sweet hugs

The dent in your derriere from falling down the stairs your

stubborn streak and your opinions

Your feud with Mrs. Foltan

Your delight in Ronald Reagan

Your Hummels by the millions

Your Betty Grable legs

Your disappointment in changes

and some of life’s painful realities

Your painted cutting boards

Your paper skin hands your old lady knuckles

Your Shalimar Guerlain

Your slow to anger

Your daily soap habit and

Oh, how u hated, HATED Roger!

Your huge pimp ass white boat of a car

The way you called me Kimmy

And wanted to take us to The Hearth

And told us to go to Mass

How a pie to the face

always made you laugh

The way you loved it when I combed your hair

Your little single bed

Your golf cart

Your garden

Your pot roast

Your sweet, sweet letters

They way you loved us all, us all

Your ever pinching, ever inching beautiful glass bead rosary

The way you held my baby

As though he was yours, and he was

Yes he was

Because he came from you

And I came from you

You lived with me, you live within me too

And I remember you

And I loved you

What a simple, simple

lovely

enduring

gift

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About Kim

I am a poet, a writer, an over-the-top mischief maker, a trash talker, and an old school dirty bird. I will never (ever) say no to a properly aerated glass of Malbec on a Friday night. I use words like “feminist” and “sartorial” and “no” and actively flirt with a decline in readership whenever I put them all into one, cohesive sentence. I like dogs, trails, succulents, books, and dreams. I could easily devour 5 salted avocados every day if left unattended. I strive to live with a grateful, open heart. What I know to be true is that there is always time for personal reflection and change. It's never too late to grow new wings and learn to fly again. Namaste!

My essays and poetry can also be found at Rebelle Society, The Elephant Journal, The Manifest-Station, The Minds Journal, The Imperfect Parent, Scary Mommy, BonBon Break, and Today's Mama.

I was interviewed for Weeklyfindings.com for the Wholly Curious: Meaningful Work section. The article appears here: http://www.weeklyfindings.com/whollycuriousinterviews/volume-2-issue-no-1

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