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[bodytext] => Becky used to be a college star Now, she waits tables and worries about the rent But she’s kept her books and journal articles And they still cover her living room floor She can’t read the way she used to When her mind was young and sharp But she keeps a book by her bed And a stack just inside the front door And she browses the titles each day Remembering how much she loved the authors She vows to reread the old and finish the new But she isn’t sure just what she’s waiting for So she reads a line or two each evening When she gets in from a long day of work And, although she goes slower than she used to, She loves each word she reads more than ever before She can’t remember all the theories she used to know But she doesn’t seem to care Somehow in losing all she once knew She’s finding the truth that’s at her core [comments] => 0 [counter] => 156 [topic] => 21 [informant] => lastwaltz [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => Lifepoems )
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