Some how, Shelia, your good poem made me think of one of the pieces in
Sleeping With Sappho:
84.
"Something else"
Genuinely smart
Close to the heart
Her shape hardly matters.
Stephen V
> <if you are my age why do you insist on looking old>
>
> it's not that
> there is any use
> in wearing out
> one's welcome
>
> just that there is
> controversy even
> among "viewers like you"
> regarding beauty
>
> I prefer a little
> seasoning
> (let's say shadow)
> to contribute substance
>
> to the other(wise)
> foreground emptiness
> that hollow look
> appealing to persons
>
> who prefer inserting
> their designs
> into the vacant space
> while lingering
>
> at the figurative
> open window and
> inevitably
> looking out
>
>
> sheila e. murphy
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