<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527675" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Aunt Edna and Her Black Mask</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Your Aunt Edna <br>had asthma <br>and she carried around <br>a big black </div><div style="margin:10px 0">asthmatic mask <br>which frightened <br>the life out of you <br>especially when </div><div style="margin:10px 0">she put it over <br>her mouth and nose <br>and her eyes went <br>big and dark </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and she said <br>it's ok Tony <br>nothing to worry about <br>it's to help me breathe</div><div style="margin:10px 0">and she managed <br>to laugh <br>and you kind of relaxed <br>and watched </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as she sat down <br>and closed her eyes <br>and breathed in <br>and her breath </div><div style="margin:10px 0">came back <br>of its own accord <br>and then she put <br>the mask down </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and she was herself again <br>and her dark hair <br>was curled and wavy <br>and she looked like </div><div style="margin:10px 0">an actress when <br>she wasn't gasping <br>for breath <br>and didn't have </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that awful mask <br>over her face <br>and some days <br>she took you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to the park nearby <br>and watched you <br>run and play <br>or sat with you </div><div style="margin:10px 0">on a bench <br>when she needed <br>to catch her breath <br>and you liked the park </div><div style="margin:10px 0">with its tall trees <br>and wide green spaces <br>and the green <br>painted railings </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that went all around <br>and there was that <br>gateway you went in <br>and you remember dogs </div><div style="margin:10px 0">running and their owners<br>throwing sticks or balls <br>but you just sat <br>with Aunt Edna </div><div style="margin:10px 0">as she put on her mask <br>to find her breath <br>and you and she <br>not knowing then </div><div style="margin:10px 0">that hiding behind <br>the asthma <br>was ugly Mr Death.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Terry+Collett">Terry Collett</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=527675" data-title="Aunt Edna and Her Black Mask de Terry Collett" data-description="Your Aunt Edna had asthma and she carried around a big black asthmatic mask which frightened the life out of you especially when she put it over her mouth and nose and her eyes went big and dark and she said it's ok Tony nothing t..."></div> </div> </div>

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