her name was Elaine,
but
we calledher mother in high school,
because, well,
she
was on top of us, like
our mother.
she'd call you
out for talking English.
in French class.
tell you
to stop chewing gum.
suggest that you
lack manners,
or point out that your
shoes are untied,
but now,
fifty years later, she's
on social media,
reporting who's sick,
who's in the news,
who died.
she's still on us,
watching carefully
with those eagle eyes.
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