{"id":221,"date":"2018-07-22T01:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-07-22T01:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/?p=221"},"modified":"2018-07-22T01:30:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T01:30:44","slug":"my-grandmothers-glasses-by-sandra-kolankiewicz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underwoodpress.com\/ruescribe\/2018\/07\/22\/my-grandmothers-glasses-by-sandra-kolankiewicz\/","title":{"rendered":"My Grandmother&#8217;s Glasses by Sandra Kolankiewicz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" data-page-number=\"1\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"textLayer\">\n<h6 style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Sandra Kolankiewicz&#8217; poems have appeared widely, most recently in Adelaide, London Magazine, New World Writing and Appalachian Heritage.<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>My Grandmother\u2019s Glasses<\/h3>\n<div>My eye glasses have become just like my<\/div>\n<div>grandmother\u2019s horn-rimmed ones appeared: smudged and<\/div>\n<div>streaked, covered with more dust than I ever<\/div>\n<div>thought possible. When I visited her<\/div>\n<div>little kitchen, I would remove them from<\/div>\n<div>her small face to wash them in a trickle<\/div>\n<div>of hot water, soaping up the lenses,<\/div>\n<div>rinsing, handing the frames back over to<\/div>\n<div>her dry and sparkling in the light. I plucked<\/div>\n<div>the chin hairs she could not see, made sure the<\/div>\n<div>railings on her front steps held fast. Now, I<\/div>\n<div>wander the house in a bathrobe with a<\/div>\n<div>screwdriver in the pocket, fixing things,<\/div>\n<div>a wadded tissue in my hand, all the<\/div>\n<div>grocery store orchids I received from<\/div>\n<div>so many birthdays blooming like mad once<\/div>\n<div>I learned how to treat them. I know where I\u2019m<\/div>\n<div>headed as I make the rounds. None there can<\/div>\n<div>do what I\u2019m enjoying here: a fresh cup of<\/div>\n<div>coffee with cream and half a teaspoon of<\/div>\n<div>sugar, my old man snoring in the bed<\/div>\n<div>upstairs, children home for the holidays.<\/div>\n<div class=\"endOfContent\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" data-page-number=\"2\" data-loaded=\"true\">\n<div class=\"canvasWrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"textLayer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra Kolankiewicz&#8217; poems have appeared widely, most recently in Adelaide, London Magazine, New World Writing and Appalachian Heritage. &nbsp; My Grandmother\u2019s Glasses My eye glasses have become just like my grandmother\u2019s horn-rimmed ones appeared: smudged and streaked, covered with more dust than I ever thought possible. 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