Nancy Nielson Poems

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1.
Fatty Lumpkin

Fatty Lumpkin’s growing old.
I noticed that this winter.
She lies beside the heaters, always cold.
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2.
Twenty

You’re too big to fold into my lap
to rock in my arms
too big for me to brush
my cheek across the top
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3.
Turning

My quiet tears soon mix with ocean spray
as waves curl round my feet and I must turn
and inland set my face for home again.
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