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The Lure of the Familiar

The streets of yesterday, comforting
   The landscape of tomorrow, forbidding  

Familiar foods rouse fond memories
   Tampering with tradition, disapproval

My well-worn armchair's form-fitted to me
   That new recliner, stiff as a bad knee

Your scent, your aura, ingratiating
   All others, alienating

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2019

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Caren Krutsinger Date: 8/6/2019 11:37:00 AM "That new recliner, stiff as a bad knee" - yes but once you get it worn in, heaven, right? Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/6/2019 4:07:00 PM Once I get it worn in, I've got two bad knees. LOL. ~ gw

Kim Rodrigues Date: 8/6/2019 8:43:00 AM Fantastic! You give us thoughts to chew in. A fave, Gershon! Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/6/2019 4:07:00 PM Really? A Fave? -- Thank you so much, Kim! :) gw

M. L. Kiser Date: 8/5/2019 8:59:00 PM There is nothing quite like the familiar. It takes courage to step out of our comfort zones...so true. Login to Reply Gershon Wolf Date: 8/6/2019 4:06:00 PM There's no place like home, however humble it may be!!!