MISSISSIPPI
WINTER II

When you remember me, my child,

be sure to recall that Mama was

a sinner. Her soul was lost

(according to her mama) the very

first time she questioned God. (It

weighed heavily on her, though she

did not like to tell.)

But she wanted to live and what is more

be happy

a concept not understood before the age

of twenty-one.

She was not happy

with fences.