Notice of Death: St. Martinville, Louisiana

[catelin]

The Bathing Pond
Harold Knight

Notice of Death: St. Martinville, Louisiana

Miss Evalene Cormier died in her seventy-sixth year, on a warm evening in June
watching fireflies on the front porch of her daddy's old house.

She never married so there are no children here to mourn her passing,
to recall apron strings, buttermilk pies, or the way she smiled with her eyes.

No one to testify to her kind spirit in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church
as the parishioners nod their heads and fan themselves in unison saying "Amen."

No one to know that as a young woman she'd disrobe without shame
to bathe in Ugly Pierre's pond, even when she knew he was always there watching.

No one to remember that she lay with him under the Flower Moon,
that she whispered how beautiful he was while he wept silent tears onto her lips.

There is no husband to lay a trembling hand to rest on the lace of her funeral gown,
loathe to return alone to the warm bed they shared for so many honey sweet years.

No one to understand why she never seemed right again after they found Ugly Pierre
dead in the woods, or why she hated her daddy so much.

There's nothing to say about Miss Evalene Cormier except that she loved watching fireflies.

Comments

[catelin.livejournal.com]

Hey Stranger! I was just thinking about you the other day. I don't have your email or I would have sent you a long rambling "welcome to the club/I'm so happy to see more people getting into law that are not total fucking yuppy freaks" letter....which may have been a good thing that I didn't have it! Ha! ; ) Have you started school yet? The other reason I wanted to get in touch with you is to put you in touch with a friend of mine who's up in that same area. She's the bee's knees. Drop me a line when you get a chance.

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[blackhellkat.livejournal.com]

Cool! My email is blackhellkat@aol.com (or you can use my slightly more professional sounding allison4en6@aol.com if you prefer :) )

I guess I've been a bit slow off the stick to let everyone know what my plans are...right now I'm looking for a job hopefully along the lines of legal research (or maybe a full time job at my new university-to-be so I can get tuition benefits)....probably only for 1 year because law school, for me, does not start until NEXT fall. It was a hard decision but I went with the less expensive University of Maryland. They are building a whole new law school building this year and offered me admission 2002....I didn't want to wait but I felt like it was a better law school than Catholic.

Plus I think I wanna use my time to learn some Spanish/brush up on the poor French skills I do have....I think it'd come in handy.