28 February 2017

Notes - a shuffling



      Early morning. Except for troughs of coughing from either of you the house is quiet enough to wake the Dead. - Amorella


Patricia Ann Orndorff Ernsberger
25 April 1921- 25 February 2017

       0254 hours. Tribal drums and military muffled in the genetic hills of Scotland; oh the lingering fog-draped pipes of yore. Ancient and echoes beyond Stonehenge majesty best seen in the extreme clarity of the night forever beyond the cracks of an imaginary dawn. Ever shuffling genetic memory, pauses, methinks, between one hand and another. Destiny is not the teacher here; it is but a change of the tables for new players  waiting to take their seats.. Otterbein Cemetery is built to take all comers in our once quiet peaceful village of old Westerville. No need for new decks when well-worn ones will do. Aunt Patsy's matriarchal duties are doomfully passed to the new patriarchy, if only for a sobering glance to what the future holds for the Hammond-Orndorff-Bookman Orndorff clan. Shuffle the cards, let's play. It is enough to be in the game at this late date. (0324)


       A rare glimpse, boy, on how things really work - Post. - Amorella


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