That Time You Came to Visit

(What I Wish I’d Said)*

gae polisner

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The author with her sister, circa 1967. Photo credit: my own.

That time you came to visit and

we walked the streets of Boston

holding hands,

me in my new

drop-waist denim blue dress

(one of the few

pieces of clothing I pine for

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gae polisner

Just another writer trying to stay afloat in a sea of words. Author of several novels. Wannabe mermaid. Mother. Trying to age gracefully with no grace in sight.