Ellen Zahniser

2024: 100 thousand praises

  1. O grandma nellie of precision and skill

  2. O mother wut you’ve done and how you’ve done it

  3. O mother i am a vessel of gratitude for you

  4. O father , o mother , your love is grace

  5. O father of disbelief

  6. O he believes himself when he tells me wut is tru and wut is not

  7. O mother of ew

  8. Grandpa dick u son of a bitch lol honestly

  9. O grandpa robert of childish disposition

  10. O grandpa dick of Hawaii during WWII

  11. O grandpa robert was it your father who threw dry biscuits at the wall?

  12. O grandma jane i don’t remember u at all tbh

  13. O grandma jane of perceptive nose

  14. O great aunt ellen of spanish moss draped savannah

  15. O marjorie

  16. O lotte

  17. O horse of grandma’s farm in missourah

  18. O missourah

  19. O montana

  20. O mother of dented nose

  21. O grandpa robert of wooden carved face

  22. O great grandfather z of montana road inspection

  23. O great great grandfather z u son of a bitch apparently

  24. O great great grandfather z whose land was it

  25. O grandpa dick resting in rolling green hills of lewiston montana now

  26. O grandpa robert of murdering chemicals

  27. O grandpa robert i wonder what you thought about what you were doing

  28. O grandpa robert of christian imperative

  29. O grandma nellie of tithe

  30. O grandma nellie i love u

  31. O pedo preacher of grandma’s church

  32. O the way he speaks

  33. O grandma nellie of grace and suspicion

  34. O grandma nellie who do u trust?

  35. O trust

  36. O great uncle charles of ew

  37. O grandma nellie of quiet distaste

  38. O grandma nellie of open mindedness

  39. O grandma nellie of christ

  40. O grandma nellie who thinks everyone is a sex trafficker

  41. O house in fort worth of thick grass

  42. O tree that my brother climbed

  43. O tiny chihuahua that lived a block away from grandma and grandpa

  44. O condo in west seattle

  45. O ivar’s on alki

  46. O grandpa dick’s army uniform hanging in his closet

  47. O the patsy cline album grandpa dick gave me

  48. O “crazy”

  49. O the tiny and long hat that grandpa dick was wearing when I last saw him

  50. O grandpa dick who looked like an elf in the hat

  51. O grandpa dick who felt left out when he stopped being able to hear

  52. O grandpa dick of vodka all day long

  53. O grandpa dick of jokes about tits

  54. O grandpa robert of repeated jokes

  55. O grandpa robert of daily coca cola

  56. O coca cola in the small cans

  57. O grandpa robert overcome by fear

  58. O grandpa robert of begging to be let go

  59. O grandpa robert of ready to die

  60. O grandpa robert was he tired?

  61. O grandpa robert what made him ready?

  62. O could he see what he was heading towards or was it a no longer being able to bear what he was already in?

  63. O photograph of grandpa robert like an angel with a light behind his head

  64. O grandma nellie of motherhood

  65. O grandma nellie of finally being in intolerable pain

  66. O grandma nellie of touched hand

  67. O “these people have no souls”

  68. O mother of “the only way to see her soul was by looking up thru her feet”

  69. O cornmeal

  70. O angel biscuits!

  71. O chicken and biscuits!

  72. O marble cookies!

  73. O uncle rich I love u

  74. O everyone wants to be known

  75. O nicholas of begging me to take it seriously when we used to play make believe

  76. O nicholas of awake at 6am every morning shooting around like a rocket

  77. O nicholas I miss being your friend!!!!

  78. O bailey of quiet drawing

  79. O bailey of hard won wisdom and knowing too much

  80. O bailey I am grateful to be your friend!!!

  81. O sailor moon

  82. O mike the moose hunter

  83. O mother of gigantic eyes like anime

  84. O father of tragic hunger for fulfillment and the pleasure he takes from it

  85. O sweet victimhood

  86. O aunt julie, the butt of everyone’s joke for some stupid reason

  87. O aunt julie of kind emails

  88. O dream of father bewildered in the night sleep walking to play a couple of notes on the piano!

  89. O mother of piano virtuosity

  90. O mother of octave-wide hands

  91. O saint evan and saint james!

  92. O evan of tender and romantic sensibilities

  93. O evan of perfection

  94. O cynthia of sweetness

  95. O sara of innocence

  96. O fort worth of thick smelling air

  97. O evan of strength and power

  98. O mother and evan of grammatical correctness

  99. O grandma nellie i love u!!

  100. O blu flannel quilt!