ANNIE’S GONE AWAY

 

Annie Grondin’s gone away,

By this morning’s light…

There’s not much that we can say

But a fond goodnight.

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Suffered with cancer did she long,

Her family rallied ’round…

Glad to see them in her final days

For they couldn’t always be found.

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Her voice reminded me of folk,

My South Street relatives’ clan…

Her shaky twang spoke of home

In southern New England.

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As a neighbor she was fine

‘Though she smoked like a chimney pot…

It seems to have gotten her in the end,

A case of lung cancer rot.

 

–Jonathan Caswell