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So, recently I came across a post about women getting these ‘brilliant make-overs,’ and I got a tad uncomfortable. I suppose it is because, despite being only eighteen, I have never understood why people were so focused on make-up and the way they look. Personally, I have always found that women tend to look far better without make-up. Now, please do not think for a second that I am attempting to sway you one way or the other or that I am simply disregarding make-up all together. I remember that in eighth grade and ninth grade, I was notorious for wearing too much eyeliner (my mother told me I had raccoon-eyes.) However, if d

My GrandfatherMy Grandfather no longer ages.More Like This
In photos from family gatherings he stands
taller
than the rest of us
our constant invariable.
Despite broken ribs,
eleven,
smashed sternum,
destroyed spleen,
punctured lung,
fracture wrist,
cardiac arrest
not once but twice!
Despite the bull’s best efforts,
our urges to lessen the workload,
relax,
take time,
watch the races and leave the farming-
An old farmer never retires.
He doubles the size of the vegetable patch,
rebuilds fences,
two new stables,
buys a flock of ewes
(in lamb)
(and claims they’ll lamb themselves…
we all know they will not lamb themselves)
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