(We have an Albert Einstein portrait in dominoes)
My ersatz Aunt Bess not a real aunt she didn’t want to be
Just Bess so she became Aunt Bess had a sort of boyfriend
named Otto even though she was married maybe he was too
he worked for years with Albert Einstein she brought Otto to dinner
they sat on the couch and looked much more amazing than most couples do
Bess very large Otto tiny and they laughed all night
Bess told us many Albert Einstein stories
he knew numbers and was funny what more is there said Bess.
Elizabeth told an Einstein story in class yesterday that she heard
from her father . Maybe the story is true.
Einstein refused to memorize telephone numbers.
Why put all those unnecessary numbers
into my head if I could look them up he said.
I use to play violin in high school. I was in the orchestra and the string quartet. The music teacher that taught all the strings, Mr. Margoles, told us many times that he'd played duets and in a string quartet with Einstein.