
This is the fourth part of my longest free-verse poem. This part deals with a portrait of my paternal grandmother and her struggle to raise four children during and after the Spanish Civil War after her husband fled to Argentina when warned he was about to be arrested by the fascist forces and woud not return for nearly two decades, after Franco pardoned those who supported the losing side but had not fought and spilled blood in the conflict. This poem was first published in my Of Pain and Ecstasy collection of poems.