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Under dated culture of times familiar,

she resides.

Knees to chest as memory to breast,

she pays homage to this new world

from the confines of her own. 

 

The curves in her skin define a wealth

that is ineffable in its worth.

And yet

she sits alone

enclosed in the shade of the times she shared.

Gazing.

 

Her dulling eyes study me uncertain.

A foreigner,

coloured of which has brought naught but pain. 

Yet she is tired.

Her body is wrought by her sightings in her age,

and so she smiles.

 

She is at peace with her country contorted,

but happily watches afar.

This space will warm her reminiscent mind

as her months are spent in hours,

watching.

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