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my, how I've grown

Marla Taviano
Jun 23
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my, how I’ve grown

I used to always tell people I was 5’10”
then I got measured a few years ago

and I was only 5’9” and then again 5'9"
and again 5’9” so I changed my tune

5’9”

last week a nurse came to my house 
for an exam / I’m getting life insurance 

so my kids will be taken care of if I die 
because God knows you won’t help them

she measured me in my bare feet on the 
wood floor of my beautiful library dining 

room office and wrote something down  
I looked at the paper and smiled

5’10”

I guess I stand taller now that you’re gone 

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