Miss Ninny Calliope Martini

Miss Ninny Calliope Martini

December 4th 1989 – October 1st 2007

XCVII
EACH that we lose takes part of us;
A crescent still abides,
Which like the moon, some turbid night,
Is summoned by the tides.
~Emily Dickinson

XXXVI
I LOST a world the other day.
Has anybody found?
You ll know it by the row of stars
Around its forehead bound.
A rich man might not notice it;
Yet to my frugal eye
Of more esteem than ducats.
Oh, find it, sir, for me