Aly Williamson Poems

Daughters, love your mothers
from age one to one hundred one.
At age 3, your mom is everything.
At age 13, your mom is lame.
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I go up and down, up and down.
When I try and close,
people keep me open.
They push my buttons,
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I can still hear her voice,
the voice on the answering machine.
I was so little, I didn't know what to think.
Everyone was crying around me.
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