Pretty and Youth
You,
pretty -
used to be.
Pretty moved out,
kidnapped Youth as well!
AGE, now lives in your house,
she forced your hope-chest curbside.
How dare your birthright forsake you?!
No. Pretty and Youth are not to blame -
what is given will be taken away.
Susan Ashley
July 15, 2017
(June 27, 2017)
Copyright © Susan Ashley | Year Posted 2017
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