Born Old - March 18, 2025

Gary Hunter
Mar 18, 2025
1 min read

Gracie, our shih-poo

came into this bright new world

an old lady

slow, wary, sleepy. finicky

and most noteworthy

with a preset chiffon bouffant

just like those cumulus clouds

on the horizon, grouped in a gossipy

gathering of stacked white hair

though a few are showing gray

and I recognize the perfume

they’re wearing

rain

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