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The Living Photograph
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Nature (H.D. Carberry)
The Living Photograph (Jackie Kay)
Line 1: My small grandmother is tall there,
Line 2: straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
Line 3: pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
Line 4: a kind, old smile round her eyes.
Line 5: Her big hand holds mine,
Line 6: white hand in black hand.
Line 7: Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eyes.
Line 8: It was true after all, that look.
Line 9: My tall grandmother became small.
Line 10: Her back round and hunched.
Line 11: Her soup forgot to boil.
Line 12: She went to the awful place grandmothers go.
Line 13: Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.
Line 14: But there she is still,
Line 15: in the photo with me at three,
Line 16: the crinkled smile is still living, breathing.
