By Paula Jay
Before COVID
Before your mom’s dementia
Before I was fired from my job
Before your mom died
Before I became enmeshed in paperwork
Before you were overcome by grief
Before I misplaced my libido
Before you stopped saying nice things
Before we both got old
We had a life
That was before
Now we only have after
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“I write the things I could never say out loud.” – the poet
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I hope this after is the beginning of new joys…
Very well expressed, I relate
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great piece….aging is not fun, you’ve described my experience to a T.
TY
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Live after to its fullest potential.
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