The 'looking old' bit can one get wrinkles added ????wonders of plastic
surgery ---------not so much the wrinkles that annoy but the 'senior
moments' of forgetting things -and why is this sodding computer now writing
everything in 10pt old eyes cry out in angers
Off on hols Devon -beautiful beaches
P of many years silver surfager
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From: Poetryetc provides a venue for a dialogue relating to poetry and
poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sheila Murphy
Sent: 07 July 2005 00:30
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Subject: snappety
<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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