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Henrietta’s surprise
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, April 23, 2009
I seldom go outside my door.
I’m 80 and can barely walk.
The girl upstairs thinks that’s so sad,
She’s always dropping by to talk.
Her thoughts are shining in her face:
“Poor thing, she’s old and all alone
“And grateful for the company
“She never could get on her own.”
She doesn’t know that all my friends
Are with me in a better place.
There’s neither old nor young nor ill
Nor healthy, here in cyberspace.
— Felicia Nimue Ackerman
First ran in Ragged Edge Online.
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