I found out at twenty-three that we were alone
Living our short lives without any chaperone
Learning, if so inclined, that the world is unkind
Understanding through science that the Sun is blind
Meeting friends, better than most family members
Increasing my knowledge as my mind remembers
Nasty people and beautiful women caring
Always about their feelings, sometimes repairing
Truncated relationships in need, of neglect
Illuminated by facts inspired from affect
Overwhelmed by action-reaction instructed
Never invented to please my fear abducted
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Dedicated to Penelope Israel.
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Patrick M. Ohana
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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Excellent piece and well detailed