Layers
We store our truths in layers,
peeling back the amount we can stand to see.
Each year peels away some layers and builds others
until we grow in furrows and in hillocks.
Smooth truth is for the very young.
The old need their protections
as memory, like flesh and misfortune,
begins to bury itself to cluster underground
in cliques and hidden passageways,
lurking like guests in a British mystery play,
searching for us as we search for them in kind.
Old beaus, lost children and beachside vacations
sealed shoulder-to-shoulder in a too-small room––
a pantry, perhaps, or closet––
waiting waiting
to be peeled away.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
The old need their protections…. Very true
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I teared up! This connected in a beautiful way that I couldn’t express with the passage I wrote in response to this prompt!
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Judy! Hey, cheer up sunshine, you’ve still got a third of your life before you if those family photos the other day are anything to go by! The sun’s out over here too so come over and start looking for a nice British beau or two before they all emigrate to Trump land in November 🙂 ciao Anton
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Meanwhile we’ll be deserting Trump land in droves. Just trade places. I saw the light early and fled to Mexico 15 years ago…
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In fact, I would like to share this on Sunday as my “Sunday Share.” (A new little thing I started.) Would that be okay? I’ll give credit and link back to you. I wont without permission! 😉
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You may always share anything I post with credit. Thanks for asking!
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very nice post!
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One of my commenters in English this morning asked if maybe we could reverse the whole mess and they could come back as OUR colony. I think Mexico was the better choice. Better weather and friendlier people!
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Does UPS deliver to your house or is post office better?
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UPS is definitely better. The post office delivers only when the mood is upon them. Which is rarely. And only when the weather is perfect.
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