In My Dream…
Grandma returned
as a newspaper publisher
like Ethel Barrymore
in Deadline USA
She’d seen it all
elegant and battle-hardened
each deadline a Tiffany scar
I was her editor
her Humphrey Bogart
We sat in the newsroom
talking coverage
for the next edition
though I can’t recall
what made page one
Then I woke up
our partnership dissolved
the newsroom darkened
the presses relics
a-holes with X accounts
fancying themselves
“independent journalists”
The real Grandma
didn’t write and would
never pick a printed fight
She probably watched
Studio Wrestling
more than she read
The Daily News
It was just a dream
thin like smoke
from a candle snuffed
a board game
with missing pieces
But in a wisp of time
I had a boss I loved
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Ending made me laugh!
I love this dream journey! I like the contrast between between
Studio Wrestling and Daily News. Love the ending!
Love this SO much!!!! I especially love, “each deadline a Tiffany scar”, “would never pick a printed fight”…
and that last line makes it so sweet
This is so nice, Lee. It says a lot about your feelings for Grandma, and I especially like the venom toward the “independent journalists”.
Revision:
Grandma returned
as a newspaper publisher
like Ethel Barrymore
in Deadline USA
She’d seen it all
elegant and battle-hardened
each deadline a Tiffany scar
I was her editor
her Humphrey Bogart
We sat in the newsroom
talking coverage
what the bulldog would bring
though I can’t recall
what made page one
Then I woke up
our partnership dissolved
the newsroom darkened
the presses relics
a-holes on X
fancying themselves
“independent journalists”
The real Grandma
didn’t write and would
never pick a printed fight
She probably watched
Studio Wrestling
more than she read
The Daily News
It was just a dream
thin like smoke
from a candle snuffed
a board game missing
necessary pieces
But in this wisp of time
a boss I loved enriched me