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A Woman Alive Again
© by Don Hargraves
--for Sharon
You've seen the woman around --
Forty-five years old chronologically
but the face has the glow of a seventeen year old
looking forward to taking on the worldYou watch her smile and you wonder
whether the grey hairs on her head are real
or painted that way to frighten off those
who only chase after alabaster skinned nubiles...No longer does she wear the dayglo sweaters
which you couldn't miss a few months ago;
now she wears tops loose-fitting enough
to show a hint of the swells of her breasts...She takes her place on the dance floor
ready to dance with whomever she chooses
and there are men on the side, waiting
for their three minutes to bask in her warmth...A year ago, I had seen her living her life
in a binary whirl of text, hiding from a world
she was unable to take joy from; not even
from those activities she had loved...But now, having worked her way
out of the shadows and into the living night,
her body is now animated and enthusiastic
taking again what she once let go...and I'm amazed...
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