If you could do it all again
with all that strength going to waste,
steady feet,
clean teeth,
hands full of flowers
to buy the best years of your life,
your teas on the way….
eyes unseeing…
If you could do it all again –
big deal, so what?
Shining in the dirt,
pressed against the odds
would it hurt with all that strength going to waste?
Sex and shoes
taking your time to find their taste.
Small girl world.
You lived.
People wasted you.
You lived.
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