Sun Dried

I can feel my body cooking

It's drying out beneath the sun

A price to pay for such a tan

Skin cancer touches everyone
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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Cantu Avatar
August 24, 2023 at 2:18 PM
I gave up on the prospect of a tan decades ago. Although I endured my share of sunburns until I was in my 20s. Your poem is easily relatable. I like it! We’ve been cooking where I live this summer, for sure.
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August 24, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Thanks Ann, I'm in my sixties and still partake in shake and bake in the sun. I guess I prefer not appearing so Caucasian. Feeding ones ego can be exhausting. I appreciate the feedback Baby Sister.
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