Somewhere in history,
(someone will claim)
there has been one taller
or stronger
or lighter
or more capable of stopping stupid in its tracks
with a firm stance askance
with firm fists on hips
with elbows locked on the enemy
foolishness
at a moments notice
at an immediate shift from humor
on a dime turned on a country laugh
a gaze weened on a matriarchy
practicing itself on elevenortwelve siblings,
And this simply will not be able to be -
because this individual will not have been
the one
the only
the indomitable
Erma
Lee
.