she oozes 6th grade teacher
bespectacled patient helmet-haired
a balanced thoughtful mind
wise from all its years
as loving as any mother you’d wish for
trustworthy as your own hand
I had no idea she’d been a man
this president of our HOA
but it didn’t matter to me
what she was then
we bump shoulders now
when we laugh
I lean in to her gentleness
the caress of friendship
and what a reunion
that must have been
that thing separated at birth
in a wrong doorstep delivery
finally re-delivered home
and in putting together
the missing pieces of herself
how wonderful she kept
the sweetest part
of her soul
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