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An old woman sits on a folding chair
Outside a dilapidated shop with peeling paint
Talking on her phone in bellicose sing-song tones
That sound alien to me but like home to someone.
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Hi Suzanne, Marvellous piece of write. The vagaries of life make us wonder about its very purpose..... A homeless man needs care, but life is so uncaring, so he won’t get it...Everybody is so engrossed in his own importance...... Vow! Very poignant poem...
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7/25/2025 12:09:12 PM # 1.0.0
good questions in the fifth stanza, suzanne. they have particular poignancy right now for me as i have taylor's words from my stroke of insight fresh in my mind from today's reading of her. -glen