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Her Mother’s Eyes

February 1, 2022

Mary Cassat’s oil painting entitled: The Reading Lesson⁣

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She has her mother’s eyes, they say⁣
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Before breakfast, at tea-time, and just before bed⁣
The request is the same⁣
“Read me a story” ⁣
the golden-haired girl asks.⁣
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Patiently cradling each book,⁣
the woman with the painted lips⁣
introduces her to Rebecca and Dorothy⁣
She ushers in Anne and the “boy who never grows up”⁣
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Word by word,⁣
phrase by phrase ⁣
The woman with the kind eyes⁣
opens doors to new worlds⁣
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“I will teach you to read,” she says one day.⁣
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And the girl with the rosy cheeks ⁣
procures stacks upon stacks of books⁣
that she will read to herself ⁣
Before breakfast, at tea-time, and just before bed.⁣
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Because she has her mother’s eyes

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