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Poetry Lighthouse - May 2008

T.S. Eliot - Aunt Helen

May 3rd 2008 09:15


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Poetry of T. S. Eliot

Aunt Helen

Miss Helen Slingsby was my maiden aunt,
And lived in a small house near a fashionable square
Cared for by servants to the number of four.
Now when she died there was silence in heaven

And silence at her end of the street.
The shutters were drawn and the undertaker wiped his feet--
He was aware that this sort of thing had occurred before.
The dogs were handsomely provided for,
But shortly afterwards the parrot died too.
The Dresden clock continued ticking on the mantelpiece,
And the footman sat upon the dining-table
Holding the second housemaid on his knees--
Who had always been so careful while her mistress lived.






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Comment by tlcorbin

May 4th 2008 02:19


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Hmmm, earthy and real katyzzz.

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Comment by katyzzz

May 4th 2008 02:22


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Underneath the Earth there's a little depth, wherein lies Aunt Helen. Oh, I do enjoy my own jokes.

Comment by tlcorbin

May 4th 2008 02:36


Coffee Quip
A Global Citizen
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hahaha, my aren't we pleased with ourself katyzzz.

Raven

Comment by katyzzz

May 4th 2008 03:06


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ha ha ha ha and is why not?

Comment by Techno

May 4th 2008 08:00


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I've got an Aunt Helen, hope nuthin happens to her. I guess we all gotta go, one day.

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