April (a Pantoum)

I’m nobody’s fool.

Yes, I look younger

than most grown-up women,

I’m mature as a 70-year-old.

Yes, I look younger—

I dyed my hair & whitened my teeth.

I’m mature as a 70-year-old.

But now my job is exhausting.

I dyed my hair & whitened my teeth.

I used play hard, & party more—

But now, my job is exhausting,

I don’t stay up late most nights anymore.

I used play hard, & party more

than most grown-up women.

I don’t stay up late most nights anymore.

I’m nobody’s fool.

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