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Epiphany


Written August 14, 2026
For The Contest, “Epiphany”
Sponsor, Constance La France

I entered the room and saw them all there- 
those twenty-six who were able to show
at our not quite a class reunion, but
a simple luncheon for those who could come.

Our nineteen fifty-seven high school class
graduated sixty-nine years ago!
My heart was pounding to see many friends-
greet them as if it were just yesterday.

While we settled down, waiting to be served,
I glanced around at these faces I knew,
which years had re-sculpted as aging does,
and so pleased to be among them today.

How I and the rest were blessed all these years,
while some passed too young, others, middle-aged,
along with our seniors in nursing homes.
A wave of thankfulness filled up my heart.

This epiphany touched me so that day
as I did recall our class membership-
some two-hundred plus, now all that are left 
these twenty-six, and some too far to come.

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