Asphidity Bag

poem by: DONALD FRANCIS
Written on Dec 19, 2017 

Yellow root and ginseng

and asafoetida filled the bag

it hung on grand maws wall for years

above my grand paws bed



it hung around her neck,

when I was very young

her mother made it long ago,

to help grand maw thru bad times



 polio and the flu

and evil spirits could not get thru

company would not come around

unless they wore one too

 

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Christopher Russon commented on Apr 24, 2018 at 8:20pm
Excelent love this one Donald.

 

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