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Tish

For My Mother

By Stephanie HoogstadPublished 2 months ago 1 min read
Tish
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Beautiful mistress of the night

A dark soul burning in the light

Cutting roses for your glee

Making husband and children happy

Twisted, sinister, delightful

Engaging, sociable, insightful

A paradox within one heart

From your Gomez you will never part

Oh! Gorgeous Tish, what did we do

To deserve someone like you?

A darkness so vast, so deep

Out of it anything could creep:

The most splendid horrors

Crawlers for your adorers

A leviathan from ancient times

The hand of a man hanged for his crimes

You are truly wicked, sinful indeed

But you never forget your most precious creed:

Love thy family and thy husband true

And they will surely love you too


Author’s Note: “Tish” was the wife on the Adam’s Family TV series and movies, for those who don’t know. My dad calls my mom his Tish, and she called him her Gomez, so I thought that this would be a fitting tribute to her. I couldn’t get myself to write about her yesterday on the anniversary of her death, but better late than never.

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Stephanie Hoogstad

With a BA in English and MSc in Creative Writing, writing is my life. I have edited and ghost written for years with some published stories and poems of my own.

Learn more about me: thewritersscrapbin.com

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