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Cookie-cutter old-folks room, / each day’s the dreary same; / strangers insist, direct and touch / who barely know my name / The kitchen se
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The strength still found in a frayed knot!
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Grandma-child / Frightened, lonely, confused / turns on the TV. / Nothing happens. / / Forgetting the path to her room / where five bananas, daily reward, pool / rotting on the counter with medication. / S
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Looking back seems like looking forward now Occasions past are sharper somehow Something done mere minutes ago Too quick
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This age is so white, light with virginity, eye-lids
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Filling Holes With Echoes I dig and fill against the constant of age,
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Memories come crashing down like embers from a phoenix's tail, As I sit here atop the hill overlooking the scenery,
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a grouping of traditional cinquains
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Being old is not all bad
It has advantages you see
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Yes, we're much older,
but we still have our sense
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