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[writtenbygrimes]

Family Reunion

Hands, scarred and wrinkledNails cracking in odd places Stress laid bareAll the pressure points revealedHair that greyed too earlyOut of place and yet, uniquely, just soUnlike her mother and everything of her fatherExcept upon further inspectionHis wit / Her faceHer generosity / His temper No patience - but that's no surprise Clumsy and studiousImpulsive and diligentTall, like himWide, like…