GRANDMA CAN"T GET...

Looking for some fine tuning... and anything else you see... Thanks, Dewell.


GRANDMA CAN’T GET THE HANG OF IT

Grandma’s dead, no doubt of that, dead, fine‘,

kaput. Why can’t she get the hang of it and

go dancing, flying around with her dead friends?



She grumbles from the back seat because she

can’t call shotgun any more. I sneaked in late

last night, shoes in hand, and there she stood



in the hallway beside our grandfather clock.

My kid reached for another jelly doughnut, POW!

He swears someone slapped his hand. At my



two-martini lunch… OUCH, elbow in the ribs.

I slapped the snooze button three times Saturday

morning before I smelled granny’s purple perfume.



There she is… like liquid in my shaving mirror…

counting my gray hairs, patting my sagging jowls.

I think she checks my shorts for racing stripes.



Granny’s “Little Spoofy” still chews on

her house shoes and puddles on paper. We’re

taking great care of him just like she would.



She needs to go try on some wings, get a halo,

find a long white gown, enjoy the spirit world.

Just let us be human. Our memory of her is enough.

Let's see if it is bad Gremlin

GRANDMA CAN’T GET THE HANG OF IT

Grandma’s dead, no doubt of that, dead, fine‘,
kaput. Why can’t she get the hang of it and
go dancing, flying around with her dead friends?

She grumbles from the back seat because she
can’t call shotgun any more. I sneaked in late
last night, shoes in hand, and there she stood

in the hallway beside our grandfather clock.
My kid reached for another jelly doughnut, POW!
He swears someone slapped his hand. At my

two-martini lunch… OUCH, elbow in the ribs.
I slapped the snooze button three times Saturday
morning before I smelled granny’s purple perfume.

There she is… like liquid in my shaving mirror…
counting my gray hairs, patting my sagging jowls.
I think she checks my shorts for racing stripes.

Granny’s “Little Spoofy” still chews on
her house shoes and puddles on paper. We’re
taking great care of him just like she would.

She needs to go try on some wings, get a halo,
find a long white gown, enjoy the spirit world.
Just let us be human. Our memory of her is enough.

Dewell,  The only part I see that doesn't follow the complaints issued is about the dog.  Of course, it's not to far afield to fit in with the other things, but you don't have complaints about the dog like you do with everything else.  If you wanted, you could have the dog chew on some of YOUR things not Granny's house slippers.  The dog is a reminder of Granny, but not in the same vein as the other things mentioned.  Hope that helps   I like the personal things mentioned (like calling shotgun)  rather than being vague.  Dennis

And I suspect that this is how it looks in your Word.  

Helpful to know right off, that Grandma is dead.  I think fine', your word in first line means finished, so it would have an acute accent over the e.  Now how do we do that?  I once knew and have forgotten how to type it.  Acute accents go from right to left.  French word.  Also in S 1, line 3, I'd drop her. 
S 3, line 1:  drop our, replace with the.  I like the smell of purple perfume.  : )  The only prosey line I found was:  We're taking great care of her. . . . it's about telling, not showing.  I guess I just want you to show it.  Maybe brushing her coat, letting her sit in your lap, etc.  Last stanza:  Say Grandma instead of she.  We need to be brought back to her.   She is delightful and makes me smile.  i'd drop:  enjoy the Spirit world.  I don't know what that means.  I'd also drop:  She needs to let us be human.  Telling.  Just told us you want her to go away and do something else.  So what if you ended with:  We have lightning bolts of memories or We cannot forget what fluttered before us in childhood or She is in every yesterday.  Something like that.