Wagener, Elaine Hoffman

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Volume 15Issue 3 Spring Article 203-15-1996The Last Time I Saw My Grandmother's HouseElaine Hoffman WagenerFollow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westviewThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals atSWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Westviewby an authorized administrator of SWOSU Digital Commons. For moreinformation, please contact phillip.fitzsimmons@swosu.edu.Recommended CitationWagener, Elaine Hoffman (1996) "The Last Time I Saw My Grandmother's House," Westview: Vol. 15 : Iss. 3 , Article 20.Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westview/vol15/iss3/20Illustration by Rodney C loudThe last time I saw my grandmother’s houseby Elaine H offm an Wagenermy aunt Ruth then eighty-eight said, "Don't look. Remember how it was. I just turn my head away." I looked. Saw long mourned house. Just a common cottage. In my imaginings it was bigger sweeter magical more like Grimm's. Wrap-a-round porch, honeysuckle stalk, giant cedars, swinging gate, gingerbreaded door—  all covered now by bright new paint—  cedars, fence and gate gone, new Hansels had devoured the gingerbread and magic.20 W e s t

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