Mary Muse
Her smile
and laugh
Wry, ironic,
true.
Always intelligent conversation
Never uninteresting
Constantly curious,
invested in others
Deep in the heart,
alongside the ventricles
You’d discover mostly Purpose
Ambition to make a better world
A mom with Lake Wobegon children,
A large passel of them
Kids you couldn’t help but love
Kids she loved more than life itself,
Truly exceptional kids,
she talked of
incessantly
but never with a trace of the brag
Just simple, humble pride and belief in their fundamental goodness
Fervent, worth-more-than-gold-to-a-teacher,
Respect
Thank you. They don’t get better. Good-bye Mary. You are missed. To the family, my deepest condolences. She was one of my all time favorite humans. I was much richer for knowing her. And you.