Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, RESUME, by ANONYMOUS


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RESUME, by                    
First Line: "she lived her life unnoticed, tucked away"
Last Line: That yield a fortune to her heirs today
Subject(s): Inheritance & Succession


She lived her life unnoticed, tucked away
Among the cobwebs on a dingy street
Where neighbors shunned her alien retreat,
And called her odd, and children paused in play
To scan her withered countenance, still gay
Above the tatters of her satin gown.
She overlooked the prying eyes in town,
Drifting in silent dreams of yesterday.

So when she died, crude hands among her things
Seeking a clue to former friend or kin
Found in the remnants of old crinoline
Torn manuscripts and poetry with wings,
Old tales of Bagdad or of dim Cathay,
That yield a fortune to her heirs today.





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