Twenty Again

Oh to be twenty again With what I know today Take away some thirty years But let the wisdom stay
by Joe Flach for the Twenty/Twenty contest.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Dietrich Avatar
February 25, 2012 at 5:59 PM
If I could go back, I would choose 40 actually. I was at my best then and knew a lot too!!
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February 25, 2012 at 5:58 PM
this is SO GOOD. I love how you did it. It has a lot of meat in it!!! Excellent!!
Bauer Avatar
February 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM
excellent! good luck in the contest! sounds like a winner to me.
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February 24, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Lovely poem, I enjoyed reading it, and I wish I was 20 again myself with the wisdom I know now too, it would make a lots of difference.(smile).
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February 24, 2012 at 10:50 AM
I love this, Joe! I feel the same way. Best wishes in the contest! Love, Kim
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