Reading about
the death of a
one hundred & seventy five
year old turtle is
sad.
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But reading about
the death of a
one hundred & seventy-five
year old turtle
who didn’t start living
until it learned it was
dying,
is even
sadder
Tag: turtle
O’ my darling texaco
I didn’t know
I owned a Tamagotchi
until the evening when
a little flying saucer flew
into my home
& took away my turtle
t r e f o l o g y 