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Lizzie Nelson
May 2019
Possibly Still Good for a Stir Fry
Some mornings
I look at my face
and feel a pang of loss.
Like a thing once
fresh and succulent,
forgotten then found
grayed and desiccated
and stuck to the back
of the fridge.
I exaggerate.
Yet I am too old to be salad.
past sell by..
#notsofresh
#middleage
#ageing
#stilldoable
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