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Two Ladies, they sit upon their shaded porch. A respite from the day, living history under eaves. They are sitting on display. They looked out on the fields and trees, the land that held their soul. Two ladies resting from their work. The young of long ago. Their apron stained with this and that. Their gray heads both held high. Memories of a hundred years relived there in their eyes. The wrinkled hands that held the plow in furrows long and straight, are hands that cooled a fevered brow and filled a supper plate. The lines of life are etched on them their lives about complete. Two ladies rest there in the shade, a respite from the heat. Their cradles rocked so long ago to tunes we’ll never know. Two ladies rest upon the porch, the young of long ago. ~Linda Lee