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Summary:
Age shall not weary or the years condemn.

I wonder, after all these years,
If she still considers herself lucky
To have landed a fish
Of such colour and tenacity.

Or,

Does she now only see
Faded beauty
Sans scales, sans colour, sans vitality
Yet still attached to her hook?

I ask myself the same questions about her.
And yes:
I am lucky to have caught my fish.
And yes:
It is hard not to see past the failing flesh.

But try, I must

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