straw elderly

straw elderly

 oblong hay bales

stacked, columns leaning

into one another

like old married folks

unsteady on their own

but holding each other upright

                       

MaryJane Nordgren

Author of the Nandria Series, MaryJane is a retired family practice physician who grew up in the Midwest but now lives in the Pacific Northwest.

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