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“Poem”

  • Writer: Susan Black
    Susan Black
  • Jun 20, 2024
  • 1 min read

What are you supposed to to when your


Assigned


Assumed


Acknowledged responsibility


All these years


Happily or not


Has been to put 3 meals a day on the table (or in the lunchbox)


60+ years x 3 x 365


Not only are they not there any more for those meals


(And even if they are, they graze instead)


(Sorry, Mom, I already ate)


You can’t remember how anyway


What are you supposed to do

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