The Wine In Woburn
Lay down the bricks
that lead to home
Set up the sticks
for vines to climb
The leaves unfold
as the children grow
Grapes ripen
as young adults blossom
A boy drowns
a harvest washes away
A fever rots some vines
as a girl fades away
The yard is still blooming
when the daughters move on
ready to grow their own
April 12, 2018
Tressa Lee Breen
My grandmother Mary grew up in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA.
Her parents, John & Anna, grew grapes in their yard.
Her brother, John, drowned in the Charles River before she was born.
Her sister, Ellen, died in her early teens.
My grandmother Mary and her older sister Anne lived to be 94/81.
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