Opinions At Reunions

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When, at reunions, your classmates look
             old except for you,
 you feel triumphantly younger, from 
          your own point of view.


Don't you ever fool yourself, look into 
                 other mirrors.
  With less vain eyes, look closer for
              unaccounted errors.


Don't refuse to see through vanity's
                    insecurity,
bloated by tightly tucked-in tummy,
                  hyperacidity,


Eye bags, deeply-furrowed brows, fine, 
        bluish veins and crow's feet,
 against the flow of River Time, there's 
             nothing but defeat!

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Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Mehta Avatar
March 31, 2014 at 7:23 AM
Brilliantly penned poem. Congrats on your poem being featured this week, romeo
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April 13, 2019 at 12:38 AM
Thanks, Dr. Ram.
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