No More “Sucking in my Stomach”

Today I had lunch with a younger woman. She had a beautiful hard body. I stepped unsteadily out of my car in my heels. I then “sucked in my gut” so she wouldn’t think I was fat.

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Aging- Feeling Good in Your Skin. Letting the World Finally Accept You.

Sure, aging brings pain. It brings much comfort too. Society doesn’t expect you to look as good. You’re even allowed to get away with saying what you think…and they listen without offense…regarding your words as very wise.

A poem about feeling good in your skin when you age.

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In His Words

Grow old with me.
Lay aside your years of make-up,
Hairdos,
The precious clothes
You wear, thinking to please me.
In time, in looser clothing,
I will find you, just you,
All I ever wanted.

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Dead Fashion

I look in the mirror
And like what I see.
Gasp!
Good God, what’s happened to me?
All alluring models,
All sick-headed superstars,
Those with lucky genes,
Or skilled full-time surgeons,
All clicking cameras,
Popping flashes,
Red carpets,
White teeth that blind.
All spotlights on those
We deemed acceptable
On runway ramps
Bearing teenage vamps
Hard bodies
Slim fashion that did, in fact, kill.
All succeeded
Brick by brick, with criticism shrill
To build a castle [...]

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