This beautiful mule <br />of a woman <br />old and balky <br />squatting on <br />ancient haunches <br />and braying as I <br />pull on her rope <br />as hard as I can <br />so she will go <br />to the Botanical Garden <br />a place she loves <br />has a right to see <br />from her wheelchair <br />a cat on her lap <br />a rose in her hair <br />one last time.<br /><br />Donal Mahoney<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lady-in-waiting-5/
