Dorothea Flynn

Lost Now Found

By: Charles Giuliano - Mar 20, 2017

Dorothea Flynn

My grandfather
James Flynn
Son of quarry men
Down from Canada
To New Hampshire
Then Lanesville
Taken for granite
First born Dorothea
Her mother died
Infant given to aunts
Later returned
When he married
Josephine Nugent
Mom said
During that drive home
Caught on tapes
Raised as her own
Loved like the rest
Reserved and severe
Liked baseball
More than dolls
Became an accountant
Left that summer
On Wheeler's Point
With a note
Never to return
Broke Grammy's heart
Long forgotten
Found just yesterday
Album from 1920s
Two snapshots
On the beach
In Mom's hand
The word Dot
Long lost
Now found