babs is dead

Babs is dead


Babs is dead.
She died of renal failure.

They laid her in the garden
as all her friends and relatives
paraded past and paid
their last respects.

One of her daughters
lay down next to her,
and with her head on her shoulder
looked up at the marvelous sky,
the big, blue, mysterious sky,
just like they used to do.
She nestled close and
stroked her momma’s belly.

Gorillas grieve too.





[please click image to see a larger version - photo from nailbender & tweaked by Morris Armstrong, Jr.]