Crone Poems & Other Reflections for Gen X Ladies

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Last week my anxiety was completely off the charts in a way it had not been since I lived in Shitville. This week I am feeling calmer than I have in a…
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My Life with a Broke Brain
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Before I tell you all about Monday—there will definitely be blood—I want to sincerely thank y’all for showing up here, being present, reading along, and…
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Thelma can’t help it This is what her eyes tell me every time I find her with something wedged into her face that should not be there A Knife A Book A…
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Thirty-five years since that three-week fling Knoxville, Tennessee Summer 1987 The man I thought I loved loved another so he suggested you instead Our…
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Seven years ago this week, I was in way over my head. The ranch had come onto my radar, my business partners and I wanted it, a bid was made, and then…
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I once met a man who led with his Emmy He took it with him EVERYWHERE He let it do the talking he never said to anyone how he came to possess this shiny…
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I AM AN ISLAND
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The thing about the dogs is they never talk back not in words They fight over me like I am the last sandwich on the planet Do you know what that feels…
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What is Your Emergency?
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One night long ago Back in the days when we, oh so innocent, Flitted hither and tither And breathed on each other with abandon, I ran into a woman I’d…
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Thirty-One Years in Texas
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