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Reckoning of Age

close my eyes at bluster of wind — it rains on sad news i want to be swept up in its keep swallowed in vines the reckoning of age makes one think the child inside me says no I don’t want to 9/17/2020

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John Watt
Date: 9/18/2020 12:02:00 AM
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Well said, Kim. Sad news makes for a sad day.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/18/2020 3:35:00 AM
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Times two this week
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Victor Buhagiar
Date: 9/17/2020 10:51:00 PM
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Conflict of emotions? We all have them. Excellent poem ~~
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/18/2020 3:36:00 AM
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Thank you, Victor!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 9/17/2020 9:04:00 PM
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My child self is kicking and screaming, pitching a terrible fit because our feet have arthritis and refuse to move half as well as they have ALL of our life! I get this.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/18/2020 3:36:00 AM
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Right?!
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 9/17/2020 5:18:00 PM
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You 'think' so?! lol.... I don't know... My thoughts were clearer and deeper as a teen-ager, or so it seems. :) gw
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/18/2020 3:37:00 AM
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This poem came out of two deaths this week.
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Nette Onclaud
Date: 9/17/2020 3:14:00 PM
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transformational feel about this poem makes it arresting, kim...cuddle that child at each junction...huggs
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/17/2020 3:35:00 PM
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Yes! Thank you for that :/
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David Kavanagh
Date: 9/17/2020 1:23:00 PM
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Hi Kim I understand we all have that child inside regardless of our age and wisdom, this is a lovely reminder of it, cheers David
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/17/2020 2:30:00 PM
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Thank you, David!
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Johnson Luikham
Date: 9/17/2020 1:13:00 PM
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I like your poem. I'll like to call you mom, since you are much elder then me.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 9/17/2020 2:29:00 PM
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LOL. Thanks for the like! :)

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