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Getting Newly Old

Changming Yuan

you can only talk
about what you used to do
and do
what you used to talk about

you shrink in both ways
and both ways are
the only way
to shrink

what’s supposed to be hard
softens like a boiled noodle
what’s supposed to be tender
hardens like a winter stone

one attempt
on top of another

or, one attemptable night
after another

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