Auntie Salma has died <br />A Palestinian mother <br />Far from home <br />Not complaining <br /> <br />Her daughters and son crushed fresh lime and lemon leaves <br />From potted plants <br />And held them to her nose at the last <br />An aroma of home <br />Not war <br />Not separation <br />Just Lemons and limes <br /> <br />Her last meal was foule <br />Picked fresh in her son’s garden <br />In Vermont <br />Not in Aboud <br />Not in al-Ouds <br />Not exile <br /> <br />Just lemons and limes <br /> <br />Just freedom<br /><br />Bob Green<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/just-lemons-and-limes/
