her obituary

i read

her obituary.

it's not who she was.

she

had a mean streak.

stubborn

and cold at times.

unfaithful.

she pinched her

pennies,

her dimes.

and yet, with the picture

of her in the paper,

the flowers,

the garden,

a youthful smile,

you could almost believe

that she was

never unkind.