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Woman of a Certain Age

Linda Belans

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I am

certain

I use my time

wisely

rashly

 

Certain I have

periods that are

fertile

fallow

                       

Certain questions

reveal more

than answers

                       

Certain

Isadora Duncan, Nina Simone

lived wild ecstasy

deep despair

 

I am certain

unconditional love

is desired

impossible

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Certain

democracy

is generous

fragile       

 

                      Good sleep is essential

 

Certain accommodation

is beneficent

self-destructive

 

Certain words

have power

 

Privilege

is pernicious

 

                     Dancing is essential

Certain

tools of democracy

are used

to destroy it

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Being authorized by others

is confirming

invalidating

 

                      Liberation is essential

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Certain of my gratitude

for notes that bend

for Rhapsody in Blue

K.D. Lang

 

Certain

I make decisions

wise

unwise 

              

I am certain

I will question

my certainty

doubt

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Halleljah

 

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