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I CELEBRATE ME

Fay L. Loomis

87 years of age

limited by stroke

cold tugging me down 

 

honey calms ragged cough

long for soak in bath

shampoo

 

surprise myself by getting dressed 

rather than fresh pajamas

even slip on shoes

 

settle into a soft chair

start another novel

Fay L. Loomis

Fay L. Loomis leads a quiet life in the woods in Kerhonkson, New York, USA. Member of the Stone Ridge Library Writers and the Rat's Ass Review Workshop, her poetry and prose appear in numerous publications, including five poetry anthologies. Fay is the author of Sunlit Wildness (Origami Poems Project, 2024) and Fragments of Myself, forthcoming from Porkbelly Press. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee.

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