I thank you for your sacrifice.
You flew valiantly in your squadron and were hailed for your efforts.
However, a few posthumous thoughts when attacking a giant should be noted.
First, understand the height and sweep of your prey.
The desire to eliminate the nuisance
The humidity and discomfort
The massive weight, the large hands
Or the built-in defense system,
Revealing a common reflex of giants,
Sometimes missing the meat
Swatting at fluff but eventually making contact.
Squishing the juice
Air-drying the pancaked parts
Tossing the morsel back with a flagon of mead.
Ó 11-3-25 Cornelia DeDona
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Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women.
Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida.
Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013).
In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French."
In 2016, her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.
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