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Never grow bitter
Bare feet, faded denims,
long straight black hair
turning prematurely grey.
A waist-high Irish Wolfhound
stands placidly alongside.
Leashed on a thick rope,
with a leather bound loop
around her skinny wrist,
jostling for space with blue beads
and a well worn mystery plait.
A Grandma by thirty,
a great Gran before forty five.
She'll be nearing sixty now,
heading for grand matriarch status.
A life lived 'on the wild side',
but still strangely innocent.
Some people roll with the blows,
own their own mistakes,
and never grow bitter.
Gyppo
