.
a bowl, after Ovid
for Sue
growing old together
Baucis & Philemon
share this humble home
raking ashes, lighting fires
with the little breath
their frail bodies have left
in the middle of the table
they set their only bounty
a bowl of clear white honey
Ovid, translated by Miller, Frank Justus, revised by Goold, G.P., Metamorphoses Books I–VIII
for Sue
growing old together
Baucis & Philemon
share this humble home
raking ashes, lighting fires
with the little breath
their frail bodies have left
in the middle of the table
they set their only bounty
a bowl of clear white honey
Ovid, translated by Miller, Frank Justus, revised by Goold, G.P., Metamorphoses Books I–VIII
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