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"Age-Old Complaint"
By J.D. Smith
Published in
THE FORMALIST
Fall, 2003
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"Age-Old Complaint"
By J.D. Smith
With time and the Rosetta Stone,
I might translate this woman's heart
Into a text I comprehend.
Yet ignorance is all I own.
A lifetime won't suffice to part
The cloud that cloaks her thoughts. I end
As I began, who cannot read,
And lack the lexicon I need.